Psalms 129:3
Psalms 129:1-4 The Message (MSG)
“They’ve kicked me around ever since I was young” —this is how Israel tells it— “They’ve kicked me around ever since I was young, but they never could keep me down. Their plowmen plowed long furrows up and down my back; But GOD wouldn’t put up with it, he sticks with us. Then GOD ripped the harnesses of the evil plowmen to shreds.”
Psalms 129:3 King James Version (KJV)
The plowers plowed upon my back: They made long their furrows.
Psalms 129:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.”
Psalms 129:3 New Century Version (NCV)
Like farmers plowing, they plowed over my back, making long wounds.
Psalms 129:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
Psalms 129:3 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
Ploughmen have ploughed my back and made their furrows long.
Psalms 129:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long.”
Psalms 129:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”
Psalms 129:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.