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Psalms 129:6

What does Psalms 129:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 129:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.5Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

v.6This passage

v.7Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 17:5

    Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

  • Psalms 37:2

    For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

  • Matthew 13:6

    and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

  • Isaiah 37:27

    Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field of grain before it is grown up.

  • Psalms 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.

  • 2 Kings 19:26

    Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

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