Psalm 129:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶ Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which 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, sprouted after them,

2 Kings 19:26

while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded, and have become like plants of the field, and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops; blighted before it is grown?

Psalm 37:2

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

Psalm 92:7

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

Isaiah 37:27

while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded, and have become like plants of the field and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops, blighted before it is grown.

Matthew 13:6

but when the sun rose they were scorched; and since they had no root they withered away.