KJV King James Version
Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
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Psalm 129:6
Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
WEB World English Bible
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;
ASV American Standard Version
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,
Surrounding context — Psalm 129
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4 The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
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.
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Psalm 37:2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.Psalm 92:7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for ever:Jeremiah 17:5-6Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.Matthew 13:6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.Isaiah 37:27Therefore their inhabitants [were] of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were [as] the grass of the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as corn] blasted before it be grown up.2 Kings 19:26Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were [as] the grass of the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as corn] blasted before it be grown up.
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