Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
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.
King James 2000
The grass withers, the flower fades: but 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 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 about Isaiah 40:8
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:8
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because the Spirit of Jehovah blows on it; surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the Word of our God shall stand forever. 9 Go up for yourself on the high mountain, bringer of good tidings to Zion. Lift up your voice with strength, O you who bring good tidings to Jerusalem; lift up, do not be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
Cross References
Matthew 5:18
For truly I say to you, Till the heaven and the earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any way pass from the Law until all is fulfilled.
Matthew 24:35
The heaven and the 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 preached as gospel to you.
Isaiah 55:10-11
For as the rain comes down, and the snow from the heavens, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring out and bud, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
Psalm 119:89-91
LAMED: Forever, O Jehovah, Your Word is settled in the heavens.
John 10:35
If He called those gods with whom the Word of God was, and the Scripture cannot be broken,
John 12:34
The crowd answered Him, We have heard out of the Law that Christ lives forever. How do you say, The Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?
Romans 3:1-3
Then what is the superiority of the Jew? Or what is the profit of circumcision?
Isaiah 46:10-11
declaring the end from the beginning, and from the past things which were not done, saying, My purpose shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure;
Isaiah 59:21
As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says Jehovah; My Spirit that is on 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 seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed's seed, says Jehovah, from now on and forever.
Zechariah 1:6
But My Words and My statutes which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they returned and said, As Jehovah of Hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and according to our doings, so He has done with us.