King James Version (KJV)
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Modern English
Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
Hebrew
יִ֭הְיוּ כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַ֥ת שָׁלַ֗ף יָבֵֽשׁ׃
yihyv kaḥaṣiyr gagvot sheqadmat shalaf yabesh