Psalms 129:3
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
The plowers plowed vpon my backe: they made long their furrowes.
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- Isaiah 51:23Rank 1 from verse 3
23But 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.
23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee: which haue said to thy soule, Bow downe that wee may goe ouer: and thou hast laide thy body as the ground, and as the streete to them that went ouer.
- Psalms 141:7Rank 2 from verse 3
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Psalms 129:3
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of plow, meaning to till or break up the ground with it.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.
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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.
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Long narrow trenches, channels, or turned rows in ploughed ground.
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2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
2Many a time haue they afflicted me from my youth: yet they haue not preuailed against mee.
3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
3The plowers plowed vpon my backe: they made long their furrowes.
Selected passage4The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
4The LORD is righteous: hee hath cut asunder the cordes of the wicked.