Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which dries up before it grows up,
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
International Standard Version
May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root
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 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 them all be ashamed and turned back, those who hate Zion. 6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which dries up before it grows up, 7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his bosom.
Cross References
Psalm 37:2
For they shall soon wither like the grass; and fade as the green herb.
2 Kings 19:26
And their people were of small power, they were fearful and put to shame. They were like the grass of the field, and the green herb, like the grass on the house-tops, and like grain blasted before it was grown up.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they shall be destroyed forever;
Isaiah 37:27
And their inhabitants were short of hand; dismayed and ashamed. They were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, even grain blasted before it has risen.
Jeremiah 17:5-6
So says Jehovah, Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Jehovah.
Matthew 13:6
And the sun rising, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they withered away.