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Isaiah 40:7

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7The agrass 1withers, the flower fades,

2When the bbreath of Yahweh blows upon it;

Surely the people are grass.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or dries up, cf. 42:15; Ps 90:5–6
  2. 2Or Because

Cross references

  1. aPs 90:5, 6; James 1:10, 11
  2. bJob 4:9; 41:21; Is 11:4; 40:24

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The grass withers, the flower fades

when the breath of the Lord blows on it;

surely the people are grass.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The grass withers and the flowers fall,

because the breath of the Lord blows on them.

Surely the people are grass.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The grass withers, the flowers fade

when the breath of the Lord blows on them;

indeed, the people are grass.

NLTNew Living Translation

The grass withers and the flowers fade

beneath the breath of the Lord.

And so it is with people.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Grass withers; the flower withers

when the breath of Yahweh blows on it.

Surely the people are grass.

KJV 1900King James Version

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:

Because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it:

Surely the people is grass.