6May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;


In Context

3 Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.

4 But the Lord is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.

5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

7 with it the reaper cannot fill his hands, nor the one who gathers fill his arms.

8 May those who pass by not say, "The blessing of the Lord be upon you; we bless you in the name of the Lord ."

Psalms 129:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

129:6Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

129:6Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

129:6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

129:6Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

129:6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

129:6Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

129:6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

129:6They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

129:6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up: