Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

A voice says, “Call out.”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

King James Version

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:

Holman Bible

A voice was saying, “Cry out!”
Another said, “What should I cry out?”
“All humanity is grass,
and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.

International Standard Version

A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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.

Bible in Basic English

A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field.

Darby Translation

A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field.

Julia Smith Translation

The voice said, Call And he said, What shall I call? All flesh grass, and all its goodness as the flower of the field:

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

A voice [is] saying, "Call!" And he said, "What shall I call?" All {humankind} [are] grass, and all his loyalty [is] like the flowers of the field.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The same voice spake, "Now cry." And I said, "What shall I cry?" Then spake it, "That all flesh is grass, and that all the beauty thereof, is as the flower of the field.

NET Bible

A voice says, "Cry out!" Another asks, "What should I cry out?" The first voice responds: "All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field.

New Heart English Bible

The voice of one saying, "Cry." One said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.

The Emphasized Bible

A voice saying Cry! And one said - What should I cry? All flesh, is grass, And, all the grace thereof, like the flower of the field:

Webster

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

World English Bible

The voice of one saying, "Cry!" One said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.

Youngs Literal Translation

A voice is saying, 'Call,' And he said, 'What do I call?' All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is As a flower of the field:

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The voice
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

Cry
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

And he said

Usage: 0

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270

is grass
חציר 
Chatsiyr 
Usage: 21

thereof is as the flower
צץ ציץ 
Tsiyts 
Usage: 15

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Comfort For God's People

5 Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
And all flesh will see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
6 A voice says, “Call out.”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades,
When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.



Cross References

Job 14:2

Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a lengthened shadow,
And I wither away like grass.

Psalm 103:15-16

As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Psalm 90:5-6

You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

Isaiah 58:1

Cry loudly, do not hold back;
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their transgression
And to the house of Jacob their sins.

Isaiah 61:1-2

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed me
To bring good news to the afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to captives
And freedom to prisoners;

James 1:10-11

and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

Psalm 92:7

That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
And all who did iniquity flourished,
It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

Isaiah 12:6

Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 37:27

“Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,
They were dismayed and put to shame;
They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,
As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.

Isaiah 40:3

A voice is calling,
Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord,
“I remember concerning you the devotion of your youth,
The love of your betrothals,
Your following after Me in the wilderness,
Through a land not sown.

Jeremiah 31:6

“For there will be a day when watchmen
On the hills of Ephraim call out,
‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
To the Lord our God.’”

Hosea 5:8

Blow the horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah.
Sound an alarm at Beth-aven:
Behind you, Benjamin!”

1 Peter 1:24-25

For,
All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,

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