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Psalms 129:3

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

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עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…גַּ֭בִּיgabibackגַבnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “back”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1354the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.חָרְשׁ֣וּchareshvbe deafחָרַשׁverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be deaf”, a completed actionH2790to 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 sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)[idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.חֹרְשִׁ֑יםchoreshimbe deafחָרַשׁverb, qal, participle, absolute — “be deaf”, a verb used as a describing wordH2790to 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 sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)[idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּheerikhvlongאָרַךְverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “long”, a completed actionH748to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-) long, [phrase] (out-, over-) live, tarry (long).למענותםlmnvtmto furrowמַעֲנָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to furrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4618a furrow[phrase] acre, furrow.לְמַעֲנִיתָֽםlemaanitamto furrowמַעֲנָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to furrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4618a furrow[phrase] acre, furrow.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

World English Bible

The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

Darby Translation

The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

Douay-Rheims

If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπὶ τὸν νῶτόν μου ἐτέκταινον οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ, ἐμάκρυναν τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν.