# Where is “The grass withers, the flower fades” in the Bible?

> “The grass withers, the flower fades” is Isaiah 40:8.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/the-grass-withers-the-flower-fades
By Andrew Kittridge · November 10, 2026

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](https://www.lumin.faith/read/isaiah/40#8) (Lumin Translation)

English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here.

## 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](https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-peter/1#24) (Lumin Translation)

## Common questions

### 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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