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Psalm 129:6

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May they be like grass on the roof,j

which withersk before it can grow;

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Cross references

  1. jIsa 37:27
  2. k 2Ki 19:26; Ps 102:11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let them be like the grass on the housetops,

which withers before it grows up,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May they be like grass on the roof,

which withers before it can grow;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Let them be like grass on the rooftops,

which withers before it grows up

NLTNew Living Translation

May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop,

turning yellow when only half grown,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Let them be like grass on the housetops,

that withers before it grows up,

KJV 1900King James Version

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops,

Which withereth afore it groweth up: