[和合本] 尚青的时候，还没有割下，比百样的草先枯槁；
[新标点] 尚青的时候，还没有割下，比百样的草先枯槁。
[和合修] 它还青翠，没有割下的时候，比百样的草先枯槁。
[新译本] 尚青还没有割下来的时候，就比百草先枯槁。
[当代修] 它们还在生长、尚未割下，已比百草先枯萎。
[现代修] 水一干涸，它们最先枯萎；因还幼嫩，不能割下备用。
[吕振中] 当青葱时、还没拔起，它比百草先枯乾。
[思高本] 在茁壮中，尚未砍下，已先百草而枯萎。
[文理本] 尚青之时、未经芟刈、先百草而枯槁、
[GNT] If the water dries up, they are the first to wither, while still too small to be cut and used.
[BBE] When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.
[KJV] Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
[NKJV] While it [is] yet green [and] not cut down, It withers before any [other] plant.
[KJ21] Whilst it is yet in his greenness and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
[NASB] While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other (Lit reed)plant.
[NRSV] While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
[WEB] While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
[ESV] While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
[NIV] While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.
[NIrV] While they are still growing and haven't been cut, they dry up faster than grass does.
[HCSB] While still uncut shoots, they would dry up quicker than any [other] plant.
[CSB] While still uncut shoots, they would dry up quicker than any [other] plant.
[AMP] While it is yet green, in flower, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb [when without water].
[NLT] While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
[YLT] While it [is] in its budding -- uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth.