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Isaiah 40:6 KJV

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:

Isaiah 40:6, King James Version

In context

5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

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:

7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

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Cross-references

  • 1 Peter 1:24 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:
  • Psalms 103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
  • Psalms 102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
  • James 1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
  • Job 14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.