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OET-LV Which_not he_has_filled hands_his a_reaper and_arms_his [one_who]_binds_sheaves.
UHB יִ֭הְיוּ כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ׃ ‡
(yihyū kaḩₐʦir gaggōt sheqqadmat shālaf yāⱱēsh.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT May they be like the grass on the housetops
⇔ that withers before it grows up,
UST I hope that they may be of no value, like grass that grows on the roofs of houses,
⇔ that dries up and does not grow tall;
BSB 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;
WEB Let them be as the grass on the housetops,
⇔ which withers before it grows up,
WMB (Same as above)
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 • 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.
MOF 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,
DBY 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:
WBS 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:
KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 PSA book available
BB 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 grasse growing upon the house toppes: which withereth afore that it be shot forth to his growth.)
GNV They shalbe as the grasse on the house tops, which withereth afore it commeth forth.
(They shall be as the grasse on the house tops, which withereth afore it cometh/comes forth. )
CB Let the be eue as the haye vpon the house toppes, which wythereth afore it be pluckte vp.
(Let the be eue as the haye upon the house toppes, which wythereth afore it be pluckte up.)
WYC Israel hope in the Lord.
LUT Ach, daß sie müßten sein wie das Gras auf den Dächern, welches verdorret, ehe man es ausrauft,
(Ach, that they/she/them müßten his like the Gras on the Dächern, which verdorret, before man it ausrauft,)
CLV A custodia matutina usque ad noctem, speret Israël in Domino.
(A custodia matutina usque to noctem, speret Israël in Domino. )
BRN My soul has hoped in the Lord; from the morning watch till night.
BrLXX ἤλπισεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον· ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας μέχρι νυκτός,
(aʸlpisen haʸ psuⱪaʸ mou epi ton Kurion; apo fulakaʸs prōias meⱪri nuktos, )
Ps 129 The psalmist briefly reviews Israel’s history of trouble (129:1-2) and redemption (129:3-4). He concludes with curses against the enemies and blessings on the godly (129:5-6).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
May they be like the grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up
(Some words not found in UHB: be like,grass housetops which,before grows_up withers )
The psalmist speaks of his enemies dying and being few in number. He compares them to the little bit of grass that grows on the roof of a house and withers and is not enough to cut or bundle. Alternate translation: “May they die and may there be few of them”