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Psalm 129:5–6

May all who hate Zion

be wput to shame and turned backward!

Let them be like xthe grass on the housetops,

which ywithers before it grows up,

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Psalm 129:5–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

May all who hate Zion

be turned back in shame.

May they be like grass on the roof,

which withers before it can grow;

Psalm 129:5–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Let them all be confounded and turned back

That hate Zion.

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops,

Which withereth afore it groweth up:

Psalm 129:5–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

May all who hate Jerusalem

be turned back in shameful defeat.

May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop,

turning yellow when only half grown,

Psalm 129:5–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Let all those who hate Zion

Be put to shame and turned back.

Let them be as the grass on the housetops,

Which withers before it grows up,

Psalm 129:5–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

Let those who hate Jerusalem

be turned back in shame.

Let them be like the grass on the roof

that dries up before it has grown.

Psalm 129:5–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Let them be put to shame and turned backward,

All they that hate Zion.

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops,

Which withereth before it groweth up;

Psalm 129:5–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion; Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

Psalm 129:5–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Put to shame all those who hate Zion. 

Force them to retreat. 

Make them be like grass on a roof, 

like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk. 

Psalm 129:5–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Let all who hate Zion

be driven back in disgrace.

Let them be like grass on the rooftops,

which withers before it grows up

Psalm 129:5–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

May all who hate Zion

be put to shame and turned backward.

Let them be like the grass on the housetops

that withers before it grows up,

Psalm 129:5–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Let all be put to shame and repulsed

who hate Zion.

Let them be like grass on the housetops,

that withers before it grows up,

Psalm 129:5–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

May all those who hate Zion

be driven back in shame.

May they be like grass that grows on the roof of a house.

It dries up before it can grow.

Psalm 129:5–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

May all who hate Zion

Be put to shame and turned backward;

Let them be like grass upon the housetops,

Which withers before it grows up;


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