Psalm 129:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

May they be like grass on the flat roof of a house, grass that dries up as soon as it sprouts.

Cross References

Genesis 41:23

Then seven other heads of grain came up. They were thin and scorched by a wind from the desert.

2 Kings 19:26

Their people became weak, terribly confused. They were like wild flowers or tender young grass growing on a flat roof, scorched before it matures.

Psalm 37:2

They will soon disappear like grass without rain.

Psalm 92:7

Though the wicked sprout and spread like grass, they will be pulled up by their roots.

Isaiah 37:27

Their people became weak, terribly confused. They were like wild flowers or like tender young grass growing on a flat roof or like a field of grain before it matures.

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched and dried up, because they did not have enough roots.