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Psalm 141:7

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141:7As when one plows and breaks up the soil,12

so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

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  1. 12 Heb “like splitting and breaking open in the earth.” The meaning of the statement and the point of the comparison are not entirely clear. Perhaps the psalmist is suggesting that he and other godly individuals are as good as dead; their bones are scattered about like dirt that is dug up and tossed aside.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As when one plows and breaks up the earth,

so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth,

so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As when one plows and breaks up the soil,

turning up rocks,

so our bones have been scattered

at the mouth of Sheol.

NLTNew Living Translation

Like rocks brought up by a plow,

the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

As when one plows and breaks up the earth,

so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

KJV 1900King James Version

Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth,

As when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.