Psalm 129:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Let them be like the grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Let them be like grass on a roof that dies before it can be pulled up,

Catholic Public Domain Version

From the morning watch, even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

Psalm 129:6 Cross References

Genesis 41:23

and seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouting after them,

2 Kings 19:26

while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded; they have become like plants of the field and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops that is scorched before the east wind.

Psalm 37:2

for they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.

Psalm 92:7

though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever,

Isaiah 37:27

while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded; they have become like plants of the field and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops that is scorched before the east wind.

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and since they had no root, they withered away.