Psalm 129:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The plowers plowed upon my back: They made long their furrows.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

American Standard Version (1901)

The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

Common English Bible

They plowed my back like farmers; they made their furrows deep.

Catholic Public Domain Version

If you, O Lord, were to heed iniquities, who, O Lord, could persevere?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it.

Psalm 129:3 Cross References

Job 39:10

Can you tie it in the furrow with ropes, or will it harrow the valleys after you?

Psalm 141:7

Like a rock that one breaks apart and shatters on the land, so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to those who struck me and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting.

Isaiah 51:23

And I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, who have said to you, “Bow down, that we may walk on you,” and you have made your back like the ground and like the street for them to walk on.