Isaiah 40:8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
KJV
exsiccatum est fœnum, et cecidit flos ; verbum autem Domini nostri manet in æternum.
Vulgate
τὸ δὲ ῥῆμα τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
LXX
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
ASV
יָבֵ֥שׁ חָצִ֖יר נָ֣בֵֽל צִ֑יץ וּ/דְבַר אֱלֹהֵ֖י/נוּ יָק֥וּם לְ/עוֹלָֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הֹבִ֥ישׁ
hbysh
verb · 73×
חֲצִ֣יר
chtsyr
noun · 21×
יִבֹּ֑לוּ
yblv
verb · 25×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
צִ֥יץ
tsyts
noun · 14×
Themes
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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…
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Cross-references
- 1Pet 1:25 — But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
- 1Pet 1:25 — But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
- Isa 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
- Isa 55:10 — For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
- Isa 59:21 — As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed,
- Jer 44:29 — And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
- John 10:35 — If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
- John 12:34 — The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
- Luke 16:17 — And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
- Luke 21:33 — Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- Mark 13:31 — Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- Mark 13:31 — Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- Matt 5:18 — For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- Matt 5:18 — For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- Matt 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
- Matt 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
- Ps 111:8 — They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
- Ps 119:89 — For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
- Rom 3:1 — What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
- Zech 1:6 — But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according