Parallel Verses
King James 2000
The grass withers, the flower fades: but the word of our God shall stand forever.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Holman Bible
but the word of our God remains forever.”
International Standard Version
Grass withers and flowers fade away, when the LORD's breath blows on them, but the word of our God will stand forever."
A Conservative Version
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God shall stand forever.
American Standard Version
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
Amplified
The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.
Bible in Basic English
The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.
Darby Translation
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God abideth for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
The grass was dried up, the flower fell away: and the word of our God shall stand forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Grass withers; [the] flower withers, but the word of our God will stand forever.
Modern King James verseion
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the Word of our God shall stand forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Nevertheless whether the grass wither, or the flower fade away: Yet the word of our God endureth forever."
NET Bible
The grass dries up, the flowers wither, but the decree of our God is forever reliable."
New Heart English Bible
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of the LORD stands forever."
The Emphasized Bible
The grass, hath withered, The flower, hath faded, - But the word of our God, shall stand unto times age-abiding!
Webster
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall shall stand forever.
World English Bible
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever."
Youngs Literal Translation
Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.
Themes
Endurance » What does not endure
Flowers » Described as » Evanescent
The word of God » Despised by the foolish » The book of the ages
The word of God » The word of God enduring forever
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Isaiah 40:8
Devotionals containing Isaiah 40:8
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:8
Prayers for Isaiah 40:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
7 The grass withers, the flower fades: because the breath of the LORD blows upon it: surely the people are grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades: but the word of our God shall stand forever. 9 O Zion, that brings good tidings, get you up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that brings good tidings, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
Cross References
Matthew 5:18
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
1 Peter 1:25
But the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Isaiah 55:10-11
For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and returns not there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Psalm 119:89-91
[Lamed] Forever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven.
John 10:35
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
John 12:34
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abides forever: and how say you, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
Romans 3:1-3
What advantage then has the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Isaiah 46:10-11
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Isaiah 59:21
As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD; My spirit that is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your descendants, nor out of the mouth of your descendant's descendants, says the LORD, from this time forth and forever.
Zechariah 1:6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our deeds, so has he dealt with us.