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

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

Treasury of Scripture

as the grass

Psalm 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Psalm 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

Jeremiah 17:5,6 Thus said the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from the LORD...

Matthew 13:6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

Context

Many Times They Have Afflicted Me

1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. 3The plowers plowed on my back: they made long their furrows. 4The LORD is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. 6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up: 7With which the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom. 8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be on you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

Parallel Verses

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

Strong's Concordance

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

Topical Bible

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

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

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Resources

Psalms Chapter 129 Verse 6

Alphabetical: be before can grass grow grows housetops it Let like May on roof the them they up upon which withers

OT Poetry: Psalm 129:6 Let them be as the grass (Psalm Ps Psa.)

Psalm 129:5

Psalm 129:7

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