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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The plowers plowed upon my back - The comparison here is undoubtedly taken from the plowing of land. The idea is that the suffering…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Furrows.—The Hebrew word occurs only once elsewhere, in 1 Samuel 14:14, where the margin translates it here as fur…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Like one that has been cruelly scourged until each cut of the lash seemed to make a furrow through the quivering flesh: The plowers plowed upon…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The ploughers have ploughed upon my back. Here the Prophet, by an apparent analogy, embellishes his preceding statement concerning the gri…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The ploughers ploughed upon my back
"Sinners", as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, render it; suc…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The enemies of God's people have very barbarously endeavored to wear out the saints of the Most High. But the church has always been graciously del…

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