Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.
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 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."
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 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people is grass; 8 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever. 9 On a high mountain get thee up, O Zion, Proclaiming tidings, Lift up with power thy voice, O Jerusalem, proclaiming tidings, Lift up, fear not, say to cities of Judah, 'Lo, your God.'
Cross References
Matthew 5:18
for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.
Matthew 24:35
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Mark 13:31
the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
1 Peter 1:25
and the saying of the Lord doth remain -- to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you.
Isaiah 55:10-11
For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,
Psalm 119:89-91
Lamed. To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.
John 10:35
if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)
John 12:34
the multitude answered him, 'We heard out of the law that the Christ doth remain -- to the age; and how dost thou say, That it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up? who is this -- the Son of Man?'
Romans 3:1-3
What, then, is the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision?
Isaiah 46:10-11
Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, 'My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'
Isaiah 59:21
And I -- this is My covenant with them, said Jehovah, My Spirit that is on thee, And My words that I have put in thy mouth, Depart not from thy mouth, And from the mouth of thy seed, And from the mouth of thy seed's seed, said Jehovah, From henceforth unto the age!
Zechariah 1:6
Only, My words, and My statutes, That I commanded My servants the prophets, Have they not overtaken your fathers, And they turn back and say: As Jehovah of Hosts designed to do to us, According to our ways, and according to our doings, So He hath done to us?'