Isaiah 40:6

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:

The voice {H6963} said {H559}, Cry {H7121}. And he said {H559}, What shall I cry {H7121}? All flesh {H1320} is grass {H2682}, and all the goodliness {H2617} thereof is as the flower {H6731} of the field {H7704}:

A voice says, "Proclaim!" And I answer, "What should I proclaim?" "All humanity is merely grass, all its kindness like wildflowers:

A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 103:15 (13 votes)

    [As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

  • Psalms 103:16 (13 votes)

    For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

  • 1 Peter 1:24 (13 votes)

    ¶ For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

  • 1 Peter 1:25 (13 votes)

    But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

  • James 1:10 (12 votes)

    But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

  • James 1:11 (12 votes)

    For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

  • Psalms 102:11 (12 votes)

    My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.