Psalms 129:6
Let them be like grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Let them be as the grass upon the houseto, which withereth afore it groweth up:
KJV1611 – Modern English
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up:
King James Version 1611 (Original)
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Let them be as the grass{H2682} upon the housetops,{H1406} Which withereth{H3001} before{H6927} it groweth up;{H8025}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Let them be as the grass{H2682} upon the housetops{H1406}, which withereth{H3001}{(H8804)} afore{H6927} it groweth up{H8025}{(H8804)}:
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let the be eue as the haye vpon the house toppes, which wythereth afore it be pluckte vp.
Geneva Bible (1560)
They shalbe as the grasse on the house tops, which withereth afore it commeth forth.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
They shall be as the grasse growing vpon the house toppes: whiche withereth afore that it be shot foorth to his growth.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Webster's Bible (1833)
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,
American Standard Version (1901)
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
American Standard Version (1901)
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.
World English Bible (2000)
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up,
Referenced Verses
- Ps 37:2 : 2 For they will soon wither like grass and fade like green plants.
- Ps 92:7 : 7 A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:
- Isa 37:27 : 27 Their inhabitants, stripped of strength, were dismayed and put to shame. They were like grass in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the housetops, scorched before it grows up.
- Jer 17:5-6 : 5 This is what the LORD says: Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6 They will be like a shrub in the desert, dwelling in a parched place in the wilderness, in a land of salt where no one lives, and will not see when prosperity comes.
- Matt 13:6 : 6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and since they had no roots, they withered away.
- 2 Kgs 19:26 : 26 Their inhabitants were powerless; they were dismayed and confounded. They were like plants of the field, tender grass, vegetation sprouting on the roofs, scorched before it can grow.
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2 For they will soon wither like grass and fade like green plants.
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