Psalms 141:7
What does Psalms 141:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 141:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Our bones are broken up at the mouth of the underworld, as the earth is broken by the plough.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hebrews 11:37
they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
- 1 Samuel 22:18
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
- Romans 8:36
Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
- Psalms 53:5
There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath rejected them.
- 2 Corinthians 1:9
yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:
- Psalms 44:22
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
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