Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root
New American Standard Bible
Which withers before it
King James Version
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Holman Bible
which withers before it grows up
A Conservative Version
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
American Standard Version
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
Amplified
Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
Darby Translation
Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,
Julia Smith Translation
They shall be as the grass of the roofs drying up before it was drawn out:
King James 2000
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let them be like grass on [the] housetops, that withers before it grows up,
Modern King James verseion
Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which dries up before it grows up,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let them be even as the hay upon the housetops, which withereth afore it be grown up;
NET Bible
May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up,
New Heart English Bible
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;
The Emphasized Bible
Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;
Webster
Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up:
World English Bible
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;
Youngs Literal Translation
They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 129:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection Of The Oppressed
5 Let all who hate Zion be turned away and be ashamed. 6 May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root 7 not enough to fill one's hand or to bundle in one's arms.
Cross References
Psalm 37:2
Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.
2 Kings 19:26
while their inhabitants, lacking strength, stand dismayed and confused. They were like vegetation out in the fields, and like green herbs just as grass that grows on a housetop dries out before it can grow.
Psalm 92:7
Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.
Isaiah 37:27
Their inhabitants are devoid of power, and are terrified and put to shame. They've become like plants in the field, like green shoots, like grass on rooftops, scorched by the east wind.
Jeremiah 17:5-6
This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
Matthew 13:6
But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.