Let them be as the (A)grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,

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May they be like (A)grass upon the housetops,
Which withers before it [a]grows up;

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  1. Psalm 129:6 Lit draws out


Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,

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May they be like grass on the roof,(A)
    which withers(B) before it can grow;

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

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The voice said, “Cry out!”
And [a]he said, “What shall I cry?”

(A)“All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
But (B)the word of our God stands forever.”

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  1. Isaiah 40:6 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Vg. I

A voice says, “Call out.”
Then [a]he answered, “What shall I call out?”
(A)All flesh is grass, and all its [b]loveliness is like the flower of the field.
The (B)grass withers, the flower fades,
[c]When the (C)breath of the Lord blows upon it;
The people are indeed grass!
The grass withers, the flower fades,
But (D)the word of our God stands forever.

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  1. Isaiah 40:6 Another reading is I said
  2. Isaiah 40:6 Or constancy
  3. Isaiah 40:7 Or Because


A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.

The grass withers, the flower fades,
When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Most certainly [all] the people are [like] grass.

The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.(A)

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A voice says, “Cry out.”
    And I said, “What shall I cry?”

“All people are like grass,(A)
    and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
The grass withers(B) and the flowers fall,
    because the breath(C) of the Lord blows(D) on them.
    Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers and the flowers(E) fall,
    but the word(F) of our God endures(G) forever.(H)

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The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

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

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

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27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.

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27 Therefore their inhabitants were [a]powerless,
They were shattered and put to shame;
They were like the (A)vegetation of the field and the green grass,
Like (B)grass on the housetops [b]that is scorched before it has grown.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 37:27 Lit short of hand
  2. Isaiah 37:27 As in DSS and 2 Kin 19:26; MT and as a terraced field

27 
“Therefore their inhabitants had little power,
They were terrorized and shamed;
They were like the grass of the field and the green vegetation,
Like grass on the housetops and like a field [of grain] scorched before it is grown.

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27 Their people, drained of power,
    are dismayed and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
    like tender green shoots,
like grass(A) sprouting on the roof,(B)
    scorched[a] before it grows up.

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  1. Isaiah 37:27 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Kings 19:26); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text roof / and terraced fields

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.

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