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Isaiah 40:6

6 The voice said, “Cry out!”

And 4he said, “What shall I cry?”

g“All flesh is grass,

And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

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Isaiah 40:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

A voice says, “Cry out.”

And I said, “What shall I cry?”

“All people are like grass,

and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.

Isaiah 40:6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

A voice says, “Cry!”

And I said, “What shall I cry?”

All flesh is grass,

and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.

Isaiah 40:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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:

Isaiah 40:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

A voice said, “Shout!”

I asked, “What should I shout?”

“Shout that people are like the grass.

Their beauty fades as quickly

as the flowers in a field.

Isaiah 40:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

A voice says, “Cry out!”

Then I said, “What shall I cry out?”

“Say all people are like the grass,

and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.

Isaiah 40:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Isaiah 40:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? —All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field.

Isaiah 40:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

A 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. 

Isaiah 40:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

A voice was saying, “Cry out!”

Another said, “What should I cry out?”

“All humanity is grass,

and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.

Isaiah 40:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

A voice says, “Cry out!”

And I said, “What shall I cry?”

All people are grass,

their constancy is like the flower of the field.

Isaiah 40:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

A voice is saying, “Call!”

And he said, “What shall I call?”

All humankind are grass,

and all his loyalty is like the flowers of the field.

Isaiah 40:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Another messenger says, “Cry out.”

And I said, “What should I cry?”

“Cry out, ‘All people are like grass.

They don’t last any longer than flowers in the field.

Isaiah 40:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

A voice says, “Call out.”

Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”

All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.


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