Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long. New Living Translation My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows. English Standard Version The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.” Berean Standard Bible The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. King James Bible The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. New King James Version The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long.” New American Standard Bible “The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.” NASB 1995 “The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.” NASB 1977 “The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.” Legacy Standard Bible The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.” Amplified Bible “The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].” Christian Standard Bible Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. Holman Christian Standard Bible Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. American Standard Version The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows. Contemporary English Version though my back is like a field that has just been plowed." English Revised Version The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. GOD'S WORD® Translation They have plowed my back [like farmers plow fields]. They made long slashes [like furrows]." Good News Translation They cut deep wounds in my back and made it like a plowed field. International Standard Version Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds." Majority Standard Bible The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. NET Bible The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long. New Heart English Bible The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long. Webster's Bible Translation The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. World English Bible The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionPlowers have plowed over my back, "" They have made their furrows long. Young's Literal Translation Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows. Smith's Literal Translation They ploughing, ploughed upon my back: they made long to their furrows. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Upon my back the plowers plowed, as they traced their long furrows. New Revised Standard Version The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThey have scourged me upon my back; they have made long their oppression. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The scourgers scourged upon my back and prolonged their affliction. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows. Brenton Septuagint Translation The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Cords of the Wicked…2many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me. 3The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.… Cross References Isaiah 50:6 I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle. Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. Micah 3:12 Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge. Jeremiah 12:10 Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland. Lamentations 3:34 To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land, Lamentations 3:45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. Isaiah 51:23 I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.” Isaiah 52:14 Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness— Jeremiah 6:3 Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion: Ezekiel 34:8 ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead, Matthew 27:26 So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified. John 19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged. 1 Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.” Hebrews 12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 2 Corinthians 11:24-25 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. / Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea. Treasury of Scripture The plowers plowed on my back: they made long their furrows. the plowers Psalm 141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. Isaiah 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 over. Jump to Previous Furrows Lengthened Ploughed Ploughers Ploughing Ploughmen Plowed Plowmen WoundsJump to Next Furrows Lengthened Ploughed Ploughers Ploughing Ploughmen Plowed Plowmen WoundsPsalm 129 1. An exhortation to praise God for saving Israel in their great afflictions5. The haters of the church are cursed The plowmen plowed over my back; This phrase evokes a vivid image of suffering and oppression. In ancient agricultural societies, plowing was a common activity, and the metaphor of plowing over one's back suggests severe affliction and hardship. Historically, Israel faced numerous oppressors, including the Egyptians, Assyrians, and Babylonians, who subjected them to harsh treatment. This imagery can also be seen as a representation of the suffering servant motif, which is a type of Christ, who endured suffering and persecution. The plowmen symbolize the enemies of Israel, and by extension, the enemies of God's people throughout history. they made their furrows long. Persons / Places / Events 1. PsalmistThe author of this psalm, traditionally attributed to King David, who often wrote about the struggles and persecutions faced by Israel. 2. Plowmen Symbolic oppressors or enemies who have inflicted suffering upon the psalmist or the nation of Israel. 3. Israel The nation often represented in the Psalms as enduring hardship and oppression from surrounding nations. 4. Oppression The historical and ongoing suffering faced by the Israelites, often at the hands of foreign powers. 5. God's Deliverance The overarching theme of divine rescue and justice that is prevalent throughout the Psalms. Teaching Points Understanding SufferingRecognize that suffering is a part of the Christian journey, as it was for Israel. It is not a sign of abandonment by God but a part of the fallen world. Historical Context Reflect on the historical oppression of Israel and how it mirrors the spiritual battles faced by believers today. Endurance and Faith Encourage believers to endure hardships with faith, trusting in God's ultimate deliverance and justice. Spiritual Warfare Acknowledge the spiritual dimension of suffering, where the enemy seeks to plow deep furrows in our lives, but God is our defender. Hope in Deliverance Emphasize the hope and assurance of God's deliverance, both in this life and the life to come.(3) Furrows.--The Hebrew word only occurs once besides, in 1Samuel 14:14, where the margin renders as here, furrow--a rendering which plainly there is not intelligible. "Half a furrow of an acre of land," as a space in which twenty men were killed, gives no clear idea to the mind. But Dr. J. G. Wettstein, in his excursus at the end of Delitzsch's Commentary, explains the ma'an to be the strip of ground which the ploughman takes in hand at one time, and round which consequently at the end of each furrow the plough turns. Delitzsch's "furrow-strip," therefore, more exactly reproduces the word, though here doubtless it is used with a poetic freedom and may be translated furrow. The double image, suggesting the lash given to a slave, and at the same time the actual and terrible imprints of oppression left on the country as well as the race, is as striking as poetry ever produced. It, in fact, combines two separate prophetic figures, Isaiah 1:6; Isaiah 51:23.Verse 3. - The plowers plowed upon my back. A strong metaphor, which does not elsewhere occur. The idea is perhaps taken from the cruel treatment of captives in those days, who, in certain cases, were "put under saws and harrows of iron" (2 Samuel 12:31), or, as it is elsewhere expressed, "threshed with threshing instruments of iron" (Amos 1:3). They made long their furrows; i.e. "lengthened out their tortures." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The plowmenחָרְשׁ֣וּ (ḥā·rə·šū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise plowed חֹרְשִׁ֑ים (ḥō·rə·šîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against my back; גַּ֭בִּי (gab·bî) Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1354: The back, the top, rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks they made their furrows לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃ (lə·ma·‘ă·nî·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4618: A field for plowing long. הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ (he·’ĕ·rî·ḵū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 748: To be, long Links Psalm 129:3 NIVPsalm 129:3 NLT Psalm 129:3 ESV Psalm 129:3 NASB Psalm 129:3 KJV Psalm 129:3 BibleApps.com Psalm 129:3 Biblia Paralela Psalm 129:3 Chinese Bible Psalm 129:3 French Bible Psalm 129:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 129:3 The plowers plowed on my back (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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