Isaiah 40:8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Isaiah 40:8 in other translations
| BSB | The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.” |
|---|---|
| WEB | The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.” |
| ASV | The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever. |
| YLT | Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever. |
| DARBY | The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God abideth for ever. |
| BBE | The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal. |
| Webster | The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall shall stand forever. |
What does Isaiah 40:8 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 40:1-11
The preaching of the gospel, and glad tidings of the coming of Christ. (Is. 40:1-11) The almighty power of God. (Is. 40:12-17) The folly of idolatry. (Is. 40:18-26) Against unbelief. (Is. 40:27-31) Verses 1-11 All human life is a warfare; the Christian life is the most so; but the struggle will not last always. Troubles are removed in love, when sin is pardoned. In the great atonement of the death of Christ, the…
Isaiah 40:8 in the original Hebrew
Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Cross references for Isaiah 40:8
- Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
- 1 Peter 1:25
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
- Psalms 119:89-91
ל LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
- Matthew 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.
- Isaiah 55:10-11
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: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
- Isaiah 46:10-11
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: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
- John 10:35
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
- Isaiah 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, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
- 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?
- Zechariah 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 to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
- Romans 3:1-3
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Isaiah 40:7
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
- Isaiah 40:8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
- Isaiah 40:9
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
Isaiah 40:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sécase la hierba, cáese la flor: mas la palabra del Dios nuestro permanece para siempre. |
|---|---|
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’herbe est desséchée, la fleur est fanée, mais la parole de notre Dieu demeure à toujours. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Das Gras ist verdorrt, die Blume ist abgefallen; aber das Wort unseres Gottes besteht in Ewigkeit." |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | exsiccatum est fœnum, et cecidit flos; verbum autem Domini nostri manet in æternum. |