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Psalms 129:6

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

KJV

A custodia matutina usque ad noctem, speret Israël in Domino.

Vulgate

ἤλπισεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωίας μέχρι νυκτός·

LXX

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

ASV

יִ֭הְיוּ כַּ/חֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁ/קַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גָּֽג
gg
noun · 31×
הֹבִ֥ישׁ
hbysh
verb · 73×
חֲצִ֣יר
chtsyr
noun · 21×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ן
n
noun · 6×
שֹׁ֣לֵֽף
shlp
verb · 25×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:24 — For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
  • Isa 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 befor
  • Jer 17:6 — For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
  • Ps 37:2 — For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.