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

³ The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ The plowers plowed upon my back: They made long their furrows.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

Common English Bible

³ They plowed my back like farmers; they made their furrows deep.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ If you, O Lord, were to heed iniquities, who, O Lord, could persevere?

Psalm 129:3 Cross References

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.

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.

Job 39:10

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

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.