Psalms 129:7

129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

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with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

With which the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom.

129:8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

What does Psalms 129:7 mean?

Psalms 129:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קָצַר (qâtsar), מָלֵא (mâlêʼ), כַּף (kaph).

Hebrew interlinear

Wherewith

the

mowerקָצַרqâtsar/kaw-tsar'/H7114to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)

fillethמָלֵאmâlêʼ/maw-lay'/H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

not

his

hand;כַּףkaph/kaf/H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power

nor

that

bindeth

sheavesעָמַרʻâmar/aw-mar'/H6014to gather grain

his

bosom.חֵצֶןchêtsen/khay'-tsen/H2683the bosom (as comprised between the arms)

Topics

Agriculture or Husbandry Mowing Reaping

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 129:7.

Leviticus 9:17

And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. took: Heb. filled his hand out of it

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What does Psalms 129:7 say?

Psalms 129:7 (King James Version) reads: "Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom."

Is Psalms 129:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 129:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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