Psalm 129:6
Strong's Lexicon
May they be
יִ֭הְיוּ (yih·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

like grass
כַּחֲצִ֣יר (ka·ḥă·ṣîr)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2682: 1) grass, leek, green grass, herbage 1a) grass 1b) of the quickly perishing (fig.)

on the rooftops,
גַּגּ֑וֹת (gag·gō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1406: 1) roof, top, housetop 1a) roof (of house) 1b) top (of altar of incense)

which withers
יָבֵֽשׁ׃ (yā·ḇêš)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3001: 1) to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be dry, be dried up, be without moisture 1a2) to be dried up 1b) (Piel) to make dry, dry up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to dry up, make dry 1c1a) to dry up (water) 1c1b) to make dry, wither 1c1c) to exhibit dryness

before
שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת (šeq·qaḏ·maṯ)
Pronoun - relative | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6927: 1) antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin 1a) antiquity, beginning, origin 1b) former state or situation conj 1c) before

it can grow,
שָׁלַ֣ף (šā·lap̄)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8025: 1) to draw out or off, take off 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to draw out 1a2) to draw off 1a3) to shoot up, draw out (of blade of grass on roof)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

Young's Literal Translation
They are as grass of the roofs{.htm" title="{">, That before it was drawn out withereth,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up

New American Standard Bible
Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

King James Bible
Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

New Living Translation
May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop, turning yellow when only half grown,

English Standard Version
Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

New American Standard Bible
Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up

International Standard Version
May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root—

NET Bible
May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up,

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

English Revised Version
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,
















Cross References
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

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.

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

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.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 129:5
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Psalm 129:4
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Psalm 129:3
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

Psalm 129:7
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Psalm 129:8
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

Psalm 130:1
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
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