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Psalms 129:6

4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

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

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
KJV
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
WEB
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
ASV
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
DARBY
Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,
BLB
May they be like grass on the rooftops that has withered before it can grow,
ÅB
de skal bli som gress på takene, som er visnet før det blir rykket opp:
OTB
Måtte de være som gress på hustakene,
Som visner før det vokser opp;
B1930
de skal bli som gress på takene, som er visnet før det blir rykket op:

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Cross references

  • Psalms 37:2

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

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  • 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:

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  • Jeremiah 17:5–6

    Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

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  • Matthew 13:6

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

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  • 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 corn blasted before it be grown up.

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  • 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 corn blasted before it be grown up.

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