Verse Comparison: Psalms 129:6
American Standard Version
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
Amplified® Bible
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
Contemporary English Version
May they be like grass on the flat roof of a house, grass that dries up as soon as it sprouts.
Darby English Version
Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,
Good News Bible
May they all be like grass growing on the housetops, which dries up before it can grow;
King James Version
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
New American Standard Bible
Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;
New International Version
May they be like grass on the roof,
which withers before it can grow;
New King James Version
Let them be as the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Let them resemble grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;
Revised Standard Version
Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
Young's Literal Translation
They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,
