Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Grass withers; [the] flower withers, but the word of our God will stand forever.

New American Standard Bible

The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.

King James Version

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

Holman Bible

The grass withers, the flowers fade,
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.

King James 2000

The grass withers, the flower fades: but the word of our God shall 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חציר 
Chatsiyr 
Usage: 21

the flower
צץ ציץ 
Tsiyts 
Usage: 15

but the word
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

of our God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

Devotionals

Devotionals about Isaiah 40:8

Devotionals containing Isaiah 40:8

References

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Images Isaiah 40:8

Prayers for Isaiah 40:8

Context Readings

Comfort For God's People

7 Grass withers; [the] flower withers when the breath of Yahweh blows on it. Surely the people [are] grass. 8 Grass withers; [the] flower withers, but the word of our God will stand forever. 9 {Get yourself} up to a high mountain, Zion, bringer of good news! Lift up your voice with strength, Jerusalem, bringer of good news! Lift [it] up; you must not fear! Say to the cities of Judah, "Here [is] your God!"

Cross References

Matthew 5:18

For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one tiny letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all takes place.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Mark 13:31

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord endures {forever}." And this is the word that has been proclaimed to you.

Isaiah 55:10-11

For just as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and they do not return there except they have watered the earth thoroughly and cause it to bring forth and sprout, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

Psalm 119:89-91

Forever, O Yahweh, your word {is settled} in heaven.

John 10:35

If he called them 'gods' to whom the word of God came--and the scripture cannot be broken--

John 12:34

Then the crowd replied to him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains {forever}! And how do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

Romans 3:1-3

Therefore, what [is] the advantage of the Jew, or what [is] the use of circumcision?

Isaiah 46:10-11

who from [the] beginning declares [the] end, and from before, [things] that have not been done, who says, 'My plan shall stand,' and, 'I will accomplish all my wishes,'

Isaiah 59:21

"And as for me, this [is] my covenant with them, says Yahweh: my spirit that [is] upon you, and my words that I have placed in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your {children}, or from the mouths of {your children's children}," says Yahweh, "from now on and forever."

Zechariah 1:6

However, did not my words and my regulations which I commanded my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? And they repented and said, 'Yahweh of hosts planned to do with us according to our ways, and according to our deeds so he has dealt with us.'" '"

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