Psalms 129:3 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
English ASV
The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
English Amplified
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
English EASY 2024
They hit my back with whips. They made long marks on it, like farmers who are ploughing their fields.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
They beat me until I had deep cuts. My back looked like a freshly plowed field.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."
English GNT (Good News Translation)
They cut deep wounds in my back and made it like a plowed field.
English God's Word - GW 1995
They have plowed my back {like farmers plow fields}. They made long slashes {like furrows}."
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
English KJV 1611
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
English LSB
The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.”
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.”
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows."
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Upon my back the plowers plowed, as they traced their long furrows.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
They have made deep wounds in my back. It looks like a field a farmer has plowed.
English NIV
Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
English NKJ 1982
The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long.”
English NLT
My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long."
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
They have hurt us more than can be expressed, ripping us to shreds, cutting deeply into our souls.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.”
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Though my back is cut to ribbons with their whips, the Lord is good.
English Tyndale 1537
The plowers plowed upon my back, and made long furrows.