Psalm 129:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth afore it groweth 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, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

2 Kings 19:26

Therefore 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.

Psalm 37:2

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

Psalm 92:7

When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

Isaiah 37:27

Therefore 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 a field of corn before it be grown up.

Matthew 13:6

and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.