King James Version
Psalms 129:3 in the King James Version says “The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows .” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 129 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows .”
Psalms 129:3 · KJV
A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Many: or, Much
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. Many: or, Much
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows .
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon my back”
H1354the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc
“The plowers”
H2790to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
“The plowers”
H2790to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
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