Psalm 129:6 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Make them be like grass on a roof, like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Psalm 129:6 Cross References

XREF:

2 Kings 19:26 'Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.

Psalm 37:2 For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.

Isaiah 37:27 "Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

129:6 {c} Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
(c) The enemies who lift themselves high, and as it were approach the Sun, are consumed with the heat of God's wrath, because they are not grounded in godly humility.

WES:

129:6 House - tops - Which there were flat. Which - Having no deep root, never comes to maturity. And so all their designs shall be abortive.

MHC:

129:5-8 While God's people shall flourish as the loaded palm-tree, or the green and fruitful olive, their enemies shall wither as the grass upon the house-tops, which in eastern countries are flat, and what grows there never ripens; so it is with the designs of God's enemies. No wise man will pray the Lord to bless these mowers or reapers. And when we remember how Jesus arose and reigns; how his people have been supported, like the burning but unconsumed bush, we shall not fear.

CONC:

Afore Drawn Dry Full Grass Grow Groweth Grows Growth Housetops House-tops Plucked Roof Roofs Springeth Withereth Withers

Afore Drawn Dry Full Grass Grow Groweth Grows Growth Housetops House-Tops Plucked Roof Roofs Springeth Withereth Withers

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