Psalms 129 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 129:1
KJVMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
WEBMany times they have afflicted me from my youth up.
YLTA Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:
Psalms 129:2
KJVMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
WEBmany times they have afflicted me from my youth up,
YLTOften they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.
Psalms 129:3
KJVThe plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
WEBThe plowers plowed on my back.
YLTOver my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
Psalms 129:4
KJVThe Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
WEBYahweh is righteous.
YLTJehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.
Psalms 129:5
KJVLet them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
WEBLet them be disappointed and turned backward,
YLTConfounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.
Psalms 129:6
KJVLet them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
WEBLet them be as the grass on the housetops,
YLTThey are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,
Psalms 129:7
KJVWherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
WEBwith which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand,
YLTThat hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.
Psalms 129:8
KJVNeither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.
WEBNeither do those who go by say,
YLTAnd the passers by have not said, `The blessing of Jehovah [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'
8 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT