Psalms 129:6

Psalms chapter 129 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

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:

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.