Isaiah 40:6
4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
7 The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- The voice of one saying: “Call out!” And he said, “What shall I call out?” “All flesh [is] grass, and all its loveliness [is] like the flower of the field.
- ÅB
- Hør! Det er en som sier: Rop! Og en annen svarer: Hva skal jeg rope? - Alt kjød er gress, og all dets herlighet som markens blomst.
- OTB
- En røst sier, "Rop ut." Og jeg sa, "Hva skal jeg rope?" Alt kjød er som gress, og all dets skjønnhet er som markens blomster.
- B1930
- Hør! Det er en som sier: Rop! Og en annen svarer: Hvad skal jeg rope? - Alt kjød er gress, og all dets herlighet som markens blomst.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 103:15–16
As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
Read in context1 Peter 1:24–25
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
Read in contextPsalms 102:11
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
Read in contextJames 1:10–11
But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
Read in contextJob 14:2
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Read in contextIsaiah 58:1
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Read in contextPsalms 90:5–6
You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
Read in contextPsalms 92:7
that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
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