Isaiah 40:8
6 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.
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
9 Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
10 Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- KJV
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
- WEB
- The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
- ASV
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
- DARBY
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God abideth for ever.
- BLB
- The grass withers, the flower fades, and the word of our God stands forever.”
- ÅB
- Gresset blir tørt, blomsten visner; men vår Guds ord står fast til evig tid.
- OTB
- Gresset visner og blomstene falmer, men vår Guds ord varer evig.
- B1930
- Gresset blir tørt, blomsten visner; men vår Guds ord står fast til evig tid.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Read in contextMatthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Read in context1 Peter 1:25
but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
Read in contextPsalms 119:89–91
Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Read in contextMatthew 5:18
For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:10–11
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Read in contextIsaiah 46:10–11
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Read in contextJohn 10:35
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
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