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Isaiah 40:8

Grass dies and flowers fall, but the word of our God lasts forever."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Gentiles;   Gospel;   Quotations and Allusions;   Readings, Select;   Word of God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible, the;   Word;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Endurance;   Flesh;   Jesus Christ;   Vanishing;   Word of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Flowers;   Man;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Word;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Word, the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blasting;   Ecclesiastes, Book of;   Grass;   Isaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Flesh;   Micah, Book of;   Righteousness;   Servant of the Lord;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Eternity;   Old Testament (I. Christ as Fulfilment of);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Baptist;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Grass;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fade;   Flower;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Grass;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   John, the Baptize;   Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fade;   Faithful;   God;   Word;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aḥa (aḥai) Ii.;   Shabbat Naḥamu;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 17;   Every Day Light - Devotion for November 15;   Today's Word from Skip Moen - Devotion for August 7;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The grass withers, the flowers fade,but the word of our God remains forever.”
Hebrew Names Version
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
King James Version
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
English Standard Version
The grass withers, the flower fades, 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.
New Century Version
The grass dies and the flowers fall, but the word of our God will live forever."
Amplified Bible
The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.
World English Bible
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth: but the worde of our God shall stand for euer.
Legacy Standard Bible
The grass withers, the flower fades,But the word of our God stands forever.
Berean Standard Bible
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."
Contemporary English Version
Flowers and grass fade away, but what our God has said will never change.
Complete Jewish Bible
The grass dries up, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever."
Darby Translation
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God abideth for ever.
George Lamsa Translation
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Good News Translation
Yes, grass withers and flowers fade, but the word of our God endures forever."
Lexham English Bible
Grass withers; the flower withers, but the word of our God will stand forever.
Literal Translation
The grass withers; the flower fades; but the Word of our God shall rise forever.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuerthelesse whether the grasse wyther, or the floure fade awaye: Yet the worde of oure God endureth for euer. Morouer the voyce cried thus:
American Standard Version
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
Bible in Basic English
The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.'
King James Version (1611)
The grasse withereth, the flowre fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for euer.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The grasse withereth, and the floure fadeth away: yet the worde of our God endureth for euer.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The grass withers, and the flower fades: but the word of our God abides for ever.
English Revised Version
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Verely the puple is hey; the hey is dried vp, and the flour felle doun; but the word of the Lord dwellith with outen ende.
Update Bible Version
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
Webster's Bible Translation
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall shall stand forever.
New English Translation
The grass dries up, the flowers wither, but the decree of our God is forever reliable."
New King James Version
The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever."
New Living Translation
The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever."
New Life Bible
The grass dries up. The flower loses its color. But the Word of our God stands forever.
New Revised Standard
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The grass, hath withered, The flower, hath faded, - But the word of our God, shall stand unto times age-abiding!
Douay-Rheims Bible
The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.
Revised Standard Version
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever.
Young's Literal Translation
Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.

Contextual Overview

3 Listen, there is someone shouting: "Prepare a way in the desert for the Lord . Make a straight road there for our God. 4 Every valley must be filled. Every mountain and hill should be made flat. The crooked roads should be made straight, and the rough ground made smooth. 5 Then the Glory of the Lord will be shown to everyone. Together, all people will see it. Yes, this is what the Lord himself said!" 6 A voice said, "Speak!" So the man said, "What should I say?" The voice said, "People are like grass. Any glory they enjoy is like a wildflower. 7 When a wind from the Lord blows on them, the grass dies and the flower falls. Yes, all people are like grass. 8 Grass dies and flowers fall, but the word of our God lasts forever."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the word: Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 46:11, Isaiah 55:10, Isaiah 55:11, Psalms 119:89-91, Zechariah 1:6, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 24:35, Mark 13:31, John 10:35, John 12:34, Romans 3:1-3, 1 Peter 1:25

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 44:29 - my words Luke 16:17 - than Luke 21:33 - General James 1:11 - so 1 Peter 1:4 - fadeth Revelation 14:6 - everlasting

Cross-References

Genesis 40:10
On the vine there were three branches. I watched the branches grow flowers and then become grapes.
Genesis 40:11
I was holding Pharaoh's cup, so I took the grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I gave the cup to Pharaoh."
Genesis 40:15
I was kidnapped and taken from the land of my people, the Hebrews. I have done nothing wrong! I should not be in prison."
Genesis 40:16
The baker saw that the other servant's dream was good, so he said to Joseph, "I also had a dream. I dreamed there were three baskets of bread on my head.
Psalms 25:14
The Lord tells his secrets to his followers. He teaches them about his agreement.
Isaiah 8:19
The people will say, "Go to the fortunetellers and wizards who mumble and chirp like birds. Ask them what to do." But I say, "Shouldn't people go to their God for help? Why go to the dead to get help for the living?"
Daniel 2:11
The king is asking something that is too hard to do. Only the gods could tell the king his dream and what it means. But the gods don't live with people."
Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven who tells secret things. God has given King Nebuchadnezzar dreams to show him what will happen later. This was your dream, and this is what you saw while lying on your bed:
Daniel 2:47
Then the king said to Daniel, "I know for sure your God is the God over all gods and the Lord over all kings. He tells people about things they cannot know. I know this is true because you were able to tell these secret things to me."
Daniel 4:8
Finally, Daniel came to me. (I gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar to honor my god. The spirit of the holy gods is in him.) I told him about my dream.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth,.... Which is repeated, to raise attention to it, as being a matter of importance, and for the confirmation of it:

but the word of our God shall stand for ever; the Apostle Peter adds, by way of explanation,

and this is the word, which by the Gospel is preached unto you; who seems to distinguish the word from the Gospel, by which it is preached, and to intend Christ the essential Word; who stands or abides for ever as a divine Person; in his office as Mediator, being Prophet, Priest, and King for ever; in the efficacy of his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice; and in the fulness of his grace: it is true of the written word or Gospel, which remains, is everlasting, and will stand and continue, notwithstanding the persecutions of tyrants, the craft of false teachers, the reproach of ungodly men, and the death of the best of men, even of ministers; though all flesh is grass, fading and withering, the word of God is fresh and lively, firm and durable; and so it is as transcribed into the hearts of men, where it becomes the ingrafted word, and issues in everlasting life. It may be applied to God's word of promise, which is for ever settled in heaven, and is always fulfilled.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The grass withereth ... - This is repeated from the former verse for the sake of emphasis, or strong confirmation.

But the word of our God - The phrase ‘word of our God,’ refers either to his promise to be the protector and deliverer of his people in their captivity, or, in general, means that all his promises shall be firm and unchanging.

Shall stand for ever - Amidst all revolutions among men, his promise shall be firm. It shall not only live amidst the changes of dynasties, and the revolutions of empires, but it shall continue forever and ever. This is designed for support to an afflicted and oppressed people; and it must have been to them, in their bondage, the source of high consolation. But it is equally so now. Amidst all the changes on earth; the revolutions of empires; the vanishing of kingdoms, God is the same, and his promises are unfailing. We see the grass wither at the return of autumn, or in the drought: we see the flower of the field lose its beauty, and decay; we see man rejoicing in his vigor and his health, cut down in an instant; we see cities fall, and kingdoms lose their power and vanish from among nations, but God changes not. He presides in all these revolutions, and sits calm and unmoved amidst all these changes. Not one of his promises shall fail; and at the end of all the changes which human things shall undergo, Yahweh, the God of his people, will be the same.


 
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