11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
Isaiah 40:8 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
- KJV King James Version
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Grass has withered, the flower faded, || But a word of our God rises forever.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- However, even though the grass wilts and the flower fades, the word of our God will endure forever.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God abideth for ever.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall shall stand forever.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| יָבֵ֥שׁ | yā·ḇêš | withers | H3001 יָבֵשׁ to wither |
| חָצִ֖יר | ḥā·ṣîr | The grass | H2682 חָצִיר grass |
| נָ֣בֵֽל | nā·ḇêl | fall | H5034 נָבַל be senseless |
| צִ֑יץ | ṣîṣ | [and] the flowers | H6731 צִיץ flower |
| וּדְבַר־ | ū·ḏə·ḇar- | but the word | H1697 דָּבָר word |
| אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ | ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū | of our God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| יָק֥וּם | yā·qūm | stands | H6965 קָמָי (Leb)-kamai |
| לְעוֹלָֽם׃ס | lə·‘ō·w·lām | forever | H5769 עוֹלָם forever: enduring |
Related verses
- Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
- 1 Peter 1:25
but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.
- Psalm 119:89–91
Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever. Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains. Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
- Matthew 5:18
For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
- Isaiah 55:10–11
For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater; so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
- Isaiah 46:10–11
I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please. I call a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yes, I have spoken. I will also bring it to pass. I have planned. I will also do it.
- John 10:35
If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),
- Isaiah 59:21
“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from henceforth and forever.”
- John 12:34
The multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up?’ Who is this Son of Man?”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
6 The voice of one saying, “Cry!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
9 You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength. Lift it up. Don’t be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
10 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Read all of Isaiah 40 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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