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

⁶ Let them be like the grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth afore it groweth up:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

Common English Bible

⁶ Let them be like grass on a roof that dies before it can be pulled up,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ From the morning watch, even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ 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.