Isaiah 40:6
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
KJV
Vox dicentis : Clama. Et dixi : Quid clamabo ? Omnis caro fœnum, et omnis gloria ejus quasi flos agri.
Vulgate
φωνὴ λέγοντος Βόησον. καὶ εἶπα Τί βοήσω; Πᾶσα σὰρξ χόρτος, καὶ πᾶσα δόξα ἀνθρώπου ὡς ἄνθος χόρτου·
LXX
The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.
ASV
ק֚וֹל אֹמֵ֣ר קְרָ֔א וְ/אָמַ֖ר מָ֣ה אֶקְרָ֑א כָּל הַ/בָּשָׂ֣ר חָצִ֔יר וְ/כָל חַסְדּ֖/וֹ כְּ/צִ֥יץ הַ/שָּׂדֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
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1Pet 1:24 · exact_quote"For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:"Isaiah: all flesh is as grass — the word of the Lord endures forever
Themes
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§990The term "flesh" refers to man in his state of weakness and mortality.534 The "resurrection of the flesh" (the literal formulation of the Apostles' Creed) means not only that the immortal soul will live on after death, but that even our "mortal body" will come to life again.535
Further proofs of the same proposition, drawn from the promises made by Christ, when He declared that He would drink of the fruit of the vine with His disciples in His Father's kingdom, while at the same time He promised to reward them an hundred-fold, and to make them partake of banquets. The blessing pronounced by Jacob had pointed out this already, as Papias and the elders h…
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. This chapter begins the great consolatory section of Isaiah. The voice crying in the wilderness — prepare ye the way of the Lord — is identified in the Gospels with John the Baptist. All flesh is grass, but the word of our God shall stand forever. The incomparable majesty of God is displayed in his power over creation: he measur…
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 29:15 — For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
- 1Cor 7:29 — But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
- 1John 2:17 — And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
- 1Pet 1:24 — For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
- 1Pet 1:24 — For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
- Deut 4:12 — And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
- Isa 37:27 — Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted befor
- Isa 40:3 — The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
- Isa 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
- Isa 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
- Isa 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
- Isa 61:1 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and th
- Jas 1:10 — But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
- Jas 1:10 — But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
- Jer 2:2 — Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that
- Jer 31:6 — For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
- Job 7:6 — My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
- Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- John 7:37 — In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
- Jonah 4:7 — But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
- Luke 12:28 — If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
- Matt 21:20 — And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
- Ps 90:5 — Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
- Ps 90:5 — Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
- Ps 92:7 — When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
- Ps 92:7 — When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
- Ps 102:11 — My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
- Ps 102:11 — My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
- Ps 103:15 — As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
- Ps 103:15 — As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
- Rev 14:7 — Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
- Zech 1:14 — So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.