Psalm 129:7
New International Version
a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.

New Living Translation
ignored by the harvester, despised by the binder.

English Standard Version
with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

Berean Standard Bible
unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

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

New King James Version
With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms.

New American Standard Bible
With which the harvester does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his arms;

NASB 1995
With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

NASB 1977
With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

Legacy Standard Bible
With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor the binder of sheaves the fold of his garment;

Amplified Bible
With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

Christian Standard Bible
and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.

American Standard Version
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the reaper does not fill his palm with it, neither does the sheave binder strip it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

Contemporary English Version
Don't let them be like wheat gathered in bundles.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.

English Revised Version
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It will never fill the barns of those who harvest or the arms of those who gather bundles.

Good News Translation
no one gathers it up or carries it away in bundles.

International Standard Version
not enough to fill one's hand or to bundle in one's arms.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Literal Standard Version
That has not filled the hand of a reaper, | And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

Majority Standard Bible
unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

New American Bible
Never to fill the reaper’s hands, nor the arms of the binders of sheaves,

NET Bible
which cannot fill the reaper's hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

New Revised Standard Version
with which reapers do not fill their hands or binders of sheaves their arms,

New Heart English Bible
with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

Webster's Bible Translation
With which the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom.

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

Young's Literal Translation
That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Cords of the Wicked
6May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow, 7unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves. 8May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”…

Cross References
Psalm 79:12
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.

Joel 2:5
With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.


Treasury of Scripture

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

he that bindeth

Psalm 126:6
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Isaiah 17:10,11
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: …

Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

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Psalm 129
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Verse 7. - Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand. Which is so worthless that no one takes the trouble to mow it. Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. Much less does any one bind it into sheaves and store it away.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
unable
שֶׁלֹּ֤א (šel·lō)
Pronoun - relative | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

to fill
מִלֵּ֖א (mil·lê)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

the hands
כַפּ֥וֹ (ḵap·pōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan

of the reaper,
קוֹצֵ֗ר (qō·w·ṣêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest

or the arms
וְחִצְנ֥וֹ (wə·ḥiṣ·nōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2683: Bosom (of a garment)

of the one who binds sheaves.
מְעַמֵּֽר׃ (mə·‘am·mêr)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6014: To gather grain


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