Verse List for PSA 129:6

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B I ◄ ← Psa 129:6 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) May they be like the grass that sprouts up on a roof ⇔ then dries up and dies before it can grow tall,

OET-LV Which_not he _has _filled palm _of_his a _reaper and_bosom _of_his one _who_binds _sheaves.

ULT Let them be like grass of the rooftops, ⇔  that before one pulls, it out, it dries up,

UST May they be as insignificant as the grass that grows on the rooftops ⇔  that dries up before anyone can pull it out,

BSB & MSB May they be like grass on the rooftops, ⇔  which withers before it can grow,

OEB May they be as the grass on the house-top, ⇔  which withers before it shoots up;

WEBBE & WMBB Let them be as the grass on the housetops, ⇔  which withers before it grows up,

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

LSV They are as grass of the roofs,
That withers before it was drawn out,

FBV May they be like grass that grows on a roof that withers before it can be harvested,

T4T I hope/wish that they will be of no value, like grass that grows on the roofs of houses ⇔  that dries up and does not grow tall;

LEB • Let them be like grass on the housetops,
• that withers before it grows up,

BBE Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

Moff let them fare like grass-blades on a roof, ⇔  that fade ere ever they flourish,

JPS Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;

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

DRA From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

YLT They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

Drby Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

RV Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
(Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth/withers afore it groweth up:)

SLT They shall be as the grass of the roofs drying up before it was drawn out:

Wbstr Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up:

KJB-1769 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
(Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth/withers afore it groweth up:)

KJB-1611 Let them bee as the grasse vpon the house tops: which withereth afore it groweth vp:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps They shall be as the grasse growing vpon the house toppes: whiche withereth afore that it be shot foorth to his growth.
(They shall be as the grass growing upon the housetops: which withereth/withers afore that it be shot forth to his growth.)

Gnva They shalbe as the grasse on the house tops, which withereth afore it commeth forth.
(They shall be as the grass on the housetops, which withereth/withers afore it cometh/comes forth.)

Cvdl Let the be eue as the haye vpon the house toppes, which wythereth afore it be pluckte vp.
(Let the be eve/even as the hay upon the housetops, which withereth/withers afore it be plucked up.)

Wycl Israel hope in the Lord.

Luth Ach, daß sie müßten sein wie das Gras auf den Dächern, welches verdorret, ehe man es ausrauft,
(Oh_dear, that they/she/them would_have_to be as/like the grass on/in/to the roofs, which withered, before man it runs_out,)

ClVg A custodia matutina usque ad noctem, speret Israël in Domino.
(From custody morning until to the_night, hope Israel in/into/on Master.)

UHB יִ֭הְיוּ כַּ⁠חֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁ⁠קַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ׃ ‡

BrLXX ἤλπισεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον· ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας μέχρι νυκτός,

BrTr My soul has hoped in the Lord; from the morning watch till night.