KJV : Therefore their inhabitants <03427> (8802) [were] of small <07116> power <03027>, they were dismayed <02865> (8804) and confounded <0954> (8804): they were [as] the grass <06212> of the field <07704>, and [as] the green <03419> herb <01877>, [as] the grass <02682> on the housetops <01406>, and [as corn] blasted <07709> before <06440> it be grown up <07054>. {of small...: Heb. short of hand}NASB : "Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were \i1 as\i0 the vegetation of the field and \i1 as\i0 the green herb, \i1 As\i0 grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.NASB# : "Therefore their inhabitants<3427> were short<7116> of strength<3027>, They were dismayed<2865> and put<954> to shame<954>; They were <I>as</I> the vegetation<6212> of the field<7704> and <I>as</I> the green<3419> herb<1877>, <I>As</I> grass<2682> on the housetops<1406> is scorched<7711> before<6440> it is grown<7054> up.