Psalm 129:6

New International Reader's Version

May they be like grass that grows on the roof of a house. It dries up before it can grow.

Cross References

Genesis 41:23

After them, seven other heads of grain came up. They were weak and thin and dried up by the east wind.

2 Kings 19:26

Their people do not have any power left. They are troubled and put to shame. They are like plants in the field. They are like new green plants. They are like grass that grows on a roof. It dries up before it is completely grown.

Psalm 37:2

Like grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die.

Psalm 92:7

Those who are evil spring up like grass. Those who do wrong succeed. But they will be destroyed forever.

Isaiah 37:27

Their people do not have any power left. They are troubled and put to shame. They are like plants in the field. They are like new green plants. They are like grass that grows on a roof. It dries up before it is completely grown.

Matthew 13:6

When the sun came up, it burned the plants. They dried up because they had no roots.