Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- צִיץtsîytsproperly, glistening, i.e. a burnished plate; also a flower (as bright-colored); a wing (a
- חָצִירchâtsîyrgrass; also a leek (collectively)
- נָבֵלnâbêlto wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wi
- יָבֵשׁyâbêshto be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither
- קוּםqûwmto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- דָּבָרdâbâra word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The Dead Sea ScrollsNamed outside the BibleThe Hebrew text of the Bible can be compared directly across a thousand years of copying, instead of assumed.
Cross-references
Mrk 13:31, Mat 24:35, 1Pe 1:25, Psa 119:89–91, Mat 5:18, Isa 55:10–11, Isa 46:10–11, Jhn 10:35