Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Psalm 129:6
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Berean Standard Bible
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
King James Version
Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
World English Bible
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
American Standard Version
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
Berean Literal Bible
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Psalm 129
4 The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6 May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
7 unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
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