Isaiah 40:8

New Living Translation

The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever."

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.

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 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! It's the voice of someone shouting, "Clear the way through the wilderness for the Lord ! Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God! ⁴ Fill in the valleys, and level the mountains and hills. Straighten the curves, and smooth out the rough places. ⁵ Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together. The Lord has spoken!" ⁶ A voice said, "Shout!" I asked, "What should I shout?" "Shout that people are like the grass. Their beauty fades as quickly as the flowers in a field. ⁷ The grass withers and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the Lord . And so it is with people. ⁸ The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands 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
The vine had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon it produced clusters of ripe grapes.

Genesis 40:11
I was holding Pharaoh's wine cup in my hand, so I took a cluster of grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand."

Genesis 40:15
For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I'm here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it."

Genesis 40:16
When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given the first dream such a positive interpretation, he said to Joseph, "I had a dream, too. In my dream there were three baskets of white pastries stacked on my head.

Psalms 25:14
The Lord is a friend to those who fear him. He teaches them his covenant.

Isaiah 8:19
Someone may say to you, "Let's ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do." But shouldn't people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead?

Daniel 2:11
The king's demand is impossible. No one except the gods can tell you your dream, and they do not live here among people."

Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed.

Daniel 2:47
The king said to Daniel, "Truly, your God is the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this secret."

Daniel 4:8
At last Daniel came in before me, and I told him the dream. (He was named Belteshazzar after my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)

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.