The Enduring Word
Isaiah 40:7
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
- KJV
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
- WEB
- The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
- ASV
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.
- LSV
- Grass has withered, the flower faded, || For the Spirit of YHWH blew on it, || Surely the people [is] grass;
- YLT
- Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people [is] grass;
- DBY
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, for the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
- DRC
- The grass is withered, and the dower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is grass:
- GNV
- The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth, because the Spirite of the Lord bloweth vpon it: surely the people is grasse.
- JPS
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the breath of the LORD bloweth upon it — surely the people is grass.
- LXXE
- The grass withers, and the flower fades:
Word by word Hebrew · tap a word
Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ נָ֣בֵֽל צִ֔יץ כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יְהוָ֖ה נָ֣שְׁבָה בּ֑וֹ אָכֵ֥ן חָצִ֖יר הָעָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἐξηράνθη ὁ χόρτος, καὶ τὸ ἄνθος ἐξέπεσε·
Who and where
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
GrassFadeIsaiah, The Book ofBlowReadings, SelectIsrael, Religion ofWind, TheJeremiah (2)GentilesZephaniah, Book of
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Job 41:21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).