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Psalms 129:6

129:5 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:

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Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

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

Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up:

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

What does Psalms 129:6 mean?

Psalms 129:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָצִיר (châtsîyr), גָּג (gâg), יָבֵשׁ (yâbêsh).

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Let
them
be
as
the
grassחָצִירchâtsîyr/khaw-tseer'/H2682grass; also a leek (collectively)
upon
the
housetops,גָּגgâg/gawg/H1406a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
which
witherethיָבֵשׁyâbêsh/yaw-bashe'/H3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
aforeקַדְמָהqadmâh/kad-maw'/H6927priority (in time); also used adverbially (before)
it
groweth
up:שָׁלַףshâlaph/saw-laf'/H8025to pull out, up or off

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 129:6.

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. of small: Heb. short of hand

Isaiah 15:6

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. desolate: Heb. desolations

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. of small: Heb. short of hand

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

Isaiah 40:8

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

Job 8:12

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

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What does Psalms 129:6 say?

Psalms 129:6 (King James Version) reads: "Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:"

Is Psalms 129:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 129:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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