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


In Context

3 The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

4 Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

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

7 with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

8 Neither do those who go by say, |The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh.| A Song of Ascents.

Psalm 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

129:6May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

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 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: