Psalm 129:6 “May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can gr…”

Psalm 129:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

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Cross references

“as the grass”

Psalm 37:2 Psalm 92:7 Matthew 13:6 Jeremiah 17:5 Jeremiah 17:6

Psalm 37:2 · BSB

For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.

Psalm 92:7 · BSB

that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

Matthew 13:6 · BSB

But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

Jeremiah 17:5 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:6 · BSB

He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

Also

2 Kings 19:26 Isaiah 37:27

2 Kings 19:26 · BSB

Therefore 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.

Isaiah 37:27 · BSB

Therefore 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

7unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

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