Isaiah 40:8
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The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.

the word

Isaiah 46:10,11 Remember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me: . . .

Isaiah 55:10,11 And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: . . .

Psalm 119:89-91 For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven. . . .

Zechariah 1:6 But yet my words, and my ordinances, which I gave in charge to my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers, and they returned, and said: As the Lord of hosts thought to do to us according to our ways, and according to our devices, so he hath done to us.

Matthew 5:18 For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.

Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass.

Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my word shall not pass away.

John 10:35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God was spoken; and the scripture cannot be broken:

John 12:34 The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever. And how sayest thou: The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

Romans 3:1-3 What advantage then hath the Jew: or what is the profit of circumcision? . . .

Context
The Word of the Lord Stands Forever
7The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is grass: 8The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.
Cross References
Matthew 5:18
For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.

1 Peter 1:25
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.

Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor is the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?

Psalm 111:8
All his commandments are faithful: confirmed for ever and ever, made in truth and equity.

Psalm 119:89
For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.

Isaiah 46:10
Remember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me:

Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.

Isaiah 59:21
This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

Jeremiah 44:29
And this shall be a sign to you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place: that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil.

Lexicon
The grass
חָצִ֖יר (ḥā·ṣîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2682: Green grass, herbage

withers
יָבֵ֥שׁ (yā·ḇêš)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither

[and] the flowers
צִ֑יץ (ṣîṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6731: Glistening, a burnished plate, a flower, a wing

fall,
נָ֣בֵֽל (nā·ḇêl)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5034: To wilt, to fall away, fail, faint, to be foolish, wicked, to despise, disgrace

but the word
וּדְבַר־ (ū·ḏə·ḇar-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of our God
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

stands
יָק֥וּם (yā·qūm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

forever.”
לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (lə·‘ō·w·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always


Additional Translations
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”The grass wither, the flower fades: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

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

The grass withers, and the flower fades: but the word of our God abides for ever.

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God abideth for ever.

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

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

The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever."

Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.
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