Psalm 129:6
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New International Version (©1984)
May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Make them be like grass on a roof, like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.

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

American King James Version
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up:

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

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

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

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up:

World English Bible
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

Young's Literal Translation
They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

Geneva Study Bible

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

(c) The enemies who lift themselves high, and as it were approach the Sun, are consumed with the heat of God's wrath, because they are not grounded in godly humility.

Wesley's Notes

129:6 House - tops - Which there were flat. Which - Having no deep root, never comes to maturity. And so all their designs shall be abortive.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

129:5-8 While God's people shall flourish as the loaded palm-tree, or the green and fruitful olive, their enemies shall wither as the grass upon the house-tops, which in eastern countries are flat, and what grows there never ripens; so it is with the designs of God's enemies. No wise man will pray the Lord to bless these mowers or reapers. And when we remember how Jesus arose and reigns; how his people have been supported, like the burning but unconsumed bush, we shall not fear.


2 Kings 19:26 'Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.
Psalm 37:2 For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.
Isaiah 37:27 "Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up. (NASB ©1995)

Afore Drawn Dry Full Grass Grow Groweth Grows Growth Housetops House-Tops Plucked Roof Roofs Springeth Withereth Withers


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

as the grass Ps 37:2 92:7 Jer 17:5,6 Mt 13:6

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