Parallel Verses
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:
New American Standard Bible
Then
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
Another
“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.
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:
Themes
Endurance » What does not endure
Grass » Illustrative » Of shortness and uncertainty of life
Man » Extremity of examples of » Frailty of
Man » A social being » As grass
Interlinear
Qowl
Qara'
Qara'
Basar
Checed
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
5 Then shall be revealed the glory of Yahweh, - And all flesh shall see it together, For, the mouth of Yahweh, hath spoken! 6 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: 7 The grass hath withered The flower hath faded, Because, the breath of Yahweh, hath blown upon it! Surely the people is grass!
Cross References
Job 14:2
As a flower, he cometh forth - and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Psalm 102:11
My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.
Psalm 103:15-16
As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;
Psalm 90:5-6
Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, they are like grass that shooteth up,
Isaiah 58:1
Cry aloud, do not spare, Like a horn, lift high thy voice, - And declare To my people, heir transgression, and To the house of Jacob their sins.
Isaiah 61:1-2
The spirit of My Lord Yahweh, is upon me, - Because Yahweh Hath anointed me to tell good tidings to the oppressed, lath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, To proclaim To captives, liberty, To them who are bound, the opening of the prison;
James 1:10-11
Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, - because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
Psalm 92:7
When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Isaiah 12:6
Make shrill thy voice and sing out thou inhabitress of Zion, - That great in the midst of thee, is the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 37:27
And their inhabitants, being powerless, were overthrown and put to shame - They became - Grass of the field and Young herbage, Grass on housetops, and Seed parched before it came up.
Isaiah 40:3
A voice of one crying! - In the desert, prepare ye the way of Yahweh, - Make smooth in the waste plain a highway for our God:
Jeremiah 2:2
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem saying - Thus saith Yahweh, I remember in thy behalf, the lovingkindness of thy youthful days, The love of thy bridal estate, - Thy coming out after me, Through the desert, Through a land, not sown:
Jeremiah 31:6
For it is a day the watchmen have proclaimed throughout the hill country of Ephraim, - Arise ye and let us go up to Zion, unto Yahweh our God.
Hosea 5:8
Blow ye a horn in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, - sound an alarm at Beth-aven, behind thee, O Benjamin!
1 Peter 1:24-25
Inasmuch as - All flesh, is as grass, and, all the glory thereof, as the flower of grass, - The grass hath withered, and the flower hath fallen out,