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Isaiah 40:8

The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth: but the worde of our God shall stand for euer.

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.
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Grass dies and flowers fall, but the word of our God lasts forever."
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 A voyce cryeth in the wildernesse, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make streight in the desert a path for our God. 4 Euery valley shall be exalted, and euery mountaine and hill shall be made lowe: and the crooked shalbe streight, & the rough places plaine. 5 And the glory of the Lord shalbe reueiled, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 6 A voyce saide, Crie. And he saide, What shall I crie? All flesh is grasse, and all the grace thereof is as the floure of the fielde. 7 The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth, because the Spirite of the Lorde bloweth vpon it: surely the people is grasse. 8 The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth: but the worde of our God shall stand for euer.

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
And in the vine were three branches, and as it budded, her flowre came foorth: and the clusters of grapes waxed ripe.
Genesis 40:11
And I had Pharaohs cup in mine hande, and I tooke the grapes, & wrung the into Pharaohs cup, and I gaue the cup into Pharaohs hand.
Genesis 40:15
For I was stollen away by theft out of the land of the Ebrewes, and here also haue I done nothing, wherefore they should put mee in the dungeon.
Genesis 40:16
And when the chiefe baker sawe that the interpretation was good, hee saide vnto Ioseph, Also mee thought in my dreame that I had three white baskets on mine head.
Psalms 25:14
The secrete of the Lorde is reueiled to them, that feare him: and his couenant to giue them vnderstanding.
Isaiah 8:19
And when they shal say vnto you, Enquire at them that haue a spirit of diuination, and at the soothsayers, which whisper and murmure, Should not a people enquire at their God? from the liuing to the dead?
Daniel 2:11
For it is a rare thing that the King requireth, and there is none other that can declare it before the King, except the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh.
Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heauen that reueileth secrets, and sheweth the King Nebuchad-nezzar what shall bee in the latter dayes. Thy dreame, and the things which thou hast seene in thine heade vpon thy bed, is this.
Daniel 2:47
Also the King answered vnto Daniel, and said, I know of a trueth that your God is a God of gods, and the Lord of Kings, and the reueiler of secrets, seeing thou couldest open this secret.
Daniel 4:8
Till at the last Daniel came before mee, (whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, which hath the spirite of the holy gods in him) and before him I tolde the dreame, saying,

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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