Isaiah 40:8

Isaiah 40:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
• New International Version (NIV)The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.”

Context of Isaiah 40:8

6A voice called, “Call out!” I asked, “What should I call out?” “Call out: All people are like grass, and all their beauty is like a flower in the field. 7Grass dries up, and flowers wither when the Lord’s breath blows on them. Yes, people are like grass. Grass dries up, and flowers wither, but our God’s word will last forever.” 9Go up a high mountain, Zion. Tell the good news! Call out with a loud voice, Jerusalem. Tell the good news! Raise your voice without fear. Tell the cities of Judah: “Here is your God!” 10The Almighty Lord is coming with power to rule with authority. His reward is with him, and the people he has won arrive ahead of him.

Isaiah 40:8 word by word

יָבֵ֥שׁ חָצִ֖יר נָ֣בֵֽל צִ֑יץ וּדְבַר־אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יָק֥וּם לְעוֹלָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The grassחָצִירchâtsîyr · grassH2682
• witherethיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• the flowerצִיץtsîyts tsits · flowerH6731
• fadethנָבֵלnâbêl · to witherH5034
• but the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• shall standקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Isaiah 40:8

• Isaiah 46:10From the beginning I revealed the end. From long ago I told you things that had not yet happened, saying, “My plan will stand, and I’ll do everything I intended to do.”
• Isaiah 55:10“Rain and snow come down from the sky. They do not go back again until they water the earth. They make it sprout and grow so that it produces seed for farmers and food for people to eat.
• Psalms 119:89O Lord, your word is established in heaven forever.
• Zechariah 1:6Didn’t my warnings and my laws, which I’ve commanded my servants the prophets ⌞to preach⌟, finally catch up with your ancestors? Then your ancestors turned away from their sins and said, ‘The Lord of Armies has done to us what he had planned to do. He has dealt with us as our ways and deeds deserve.’ ”
• Matthew 5:18I can guarantee this truth: Until the earth and the heavens disappear, neither a period nor a comma will disappear from the Scriptures before everything has come true.
• Matthew 24:35The earth and the heavens will disappear, but my words will never disappear.
• Mark 13:31The earth and the heavens will disappear, but my words will never disappear.
• John 10:35The Scriptures cannot be discredited. So if God calls people gods (and they are the people to whom he gave the Scriptures),
• John 12:34The crowd responded to him, “We have heard from the Scriptures that the Messiah will remain here forever. So how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up from the earth’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
• Romans 3:1Is there any advantage, then, in being a Jew? Or is there any value in being circumcised?

Commentaries on Isaiah 40:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8the word of our God stands forever: All of God’s words, including his plans and the written word, will succeed. God might change human expectations, but everything will follow his wise plan (see Isaiah 14:24; 55:8–11; see also Matthew 25:34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-31The former were local and temporary in their reference. These belong to the distant future, and are world-wide in their interest; the deliverance from Babylon under Cyrus, which he here foretells by prophetic suggestion, carries him on to the greater deliverance under Messiah, the Saviour of Jews and Gentiles in the present eclectic Church, and the restorer of Israel and Head of the world-wide kingdom, literal and spiritual, ultimately. As Assyria was the…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 40:8

• Church
• Gentiles
• Gospel
• Quotations and Allusions
• Readings, Select
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Bosom
• Carry
• Cry
• Feed
• Renew
• Word, The
• Fade
• Faithful; Faithfulness

Commentaries on Isaiah 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings