Psalms 129:6

In 11 translations

BSB

May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

KJV

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

WEB

Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

ASV

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

LSV

They are as grass of the roofs, || That withers before it was drawn out,

YLT

They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

DBY

Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

DRC128:6

Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:

GNV

They shalbe as the grasse on the house tops, which withereth afore it commeth forth.

JPS

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;

LXXE128:6

Let them be as the grass of the house-tops, which withers before it is plucked up.

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Original-language editions

WLC

יִ֭הְיוּ כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ׃

LXX-Br128:6

Γενηθήτωσαν ὡσεὶ χόρτος δωμάτων, ὃς πρὸ τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐξηράνθη·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 37:2For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
• Jeremiah 17:5–6This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He…
• 2 Kings 19:26Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
• Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
• Matthew 13:6But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
• Isaiah 37:27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.

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