though the wicked sprout like grass(A)
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.(B)

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that though the wicked spring up like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.(A)

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Let them be like grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 129:6 Or it can be pulled out

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

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11 For the sun rises and, together with the scorching wind, dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance perishes. In the same way, the rich person will wither away while pursuing his activities.(A)

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11 For the sun rises with scorching heat(A) and withers(B) the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed.(C) In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.

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