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Psalms 129:3

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

KJV

Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit ?

Vulgate

ἐὰν ἀνομίας παρατηρήσῃ, Κύριε, Κύριε, τίς ὑποστήσηται;

LXX

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

ASV

עַל גַּ֭בִּ/י חָרְשׁ֣וּ חֹרְשִׁ֑ים הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ ל/מענות/ם לְ/מַעֲנִיתָֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חֹ֣רְשֵׁי
chrshy
verb · 72×
ךְ֙
k
noun · 13×
ם
m
noun · 3×
ן
n
verb · 34×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 51:23 — But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went o
  • John 19:1 — Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
  • Mark 15:15 — And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
  • Ps 141:7 — Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.