Isaiah 40:8 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁸ The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. [James 1:10, 11; I Pet. 1:24, 25.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.

Common English Bible

⁸ The grass dries up; the flower withers, but our God’s word will exist forever.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity."

Isaiah 40:8 Cross References

Psalm 111:8

they are established for ever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.

Isaiah 59:21

“And as for me, this is my covenant with them, say the Lord: my spirit which is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your children, or out of the mouth of your children's children, says the Lord, from this time forth and for evermore.”

Jeremiah 44:29

This shall be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for evil:

Zechariah 1:6

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with us.”

Numbers 23:19

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Matthew 5:18

For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

Mark 13:31

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

John 10:35

If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken),

John 12:34

The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?”

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord abides for ever.” That word is the good news which was preached to you.