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Where is “The grass withers, the flower fades” in the Bible?
“The grass withers, the flower fades” is Isaiah 40:8. A voice in Isaiah’s prophecy says it, in a message of comfort for the exiles.
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The verse, who says it, and what it means there.
In the Bible
It is Isaiah 40:8.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
A voice in Isaiah’s prophecy says it, in a message of comfort for the exiles.
The verse
The grass withers and the flower falls, but the word of our God endures forever.”
Isaiah 40:8 · open the chapter →
What it means there
People are the grass: here for a season and gone. What lasts is the word of God. Peter quotes the verse and says that word is the good news that was preached (1 Peter 1:25).
Also in the Bible
For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
1 Peter 1:24 · open the chapter →
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Where is “The grass withers, the flower fades” in the Bible?
“The grass withers, the flower fades” is Isaiah 40:8. English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here. A voice in Isaiah’s prophecy says it, in a message of comfort for the exiles.
Is “The grass withers, the flower fades” in the Bible?
Yes. It is Isaiah 40:8, and also 1 Peter 1:24. In the Lumin Translation, Isaiah 40:8 reads: “The grass withers and the flower falls, but the word of our God endures forever.””
Who said “The grass withers, the flower fades”?
A voice in Isaiah’s prophecy says it, in a message of comfort for the exiles.
What does “The grass withers, the flower fades” mean in the Bible?
People are the grass: here for a season and gone. What lasts is the word of God. Peter quotes the verse and says that word is the good news that was preached (1 Peter 1:25).
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