Isaiah 40:7 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 40:7 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
יָבֵ֤שׁ
yâbêsh
H3001
to dry up
חָצִיר֙
châtsîyr
H2682
grass
נָ֣בֵֽל
nâbêl
H5034
to be foolish
צִ֔יץ
tsîyts
H6731
flower
כִּ֛י
kîy
H3588
that
ר֥וּחַ
rûwach
H7307
spirit
יְהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
נָ֣שְׁבָה
nâshab
H5380
to blow
בּ֑וֹ
אָכֵ֥ן
ʼâkên
H403
surely
חָצִ֖יר
châtsîyr
H2682
grass
הָעָֽם
ʻam
H5971
people
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of Yahweh blows on it; surely the people is grass.
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King James Version Public Domain
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The grass dries up, the flower withers, for the breath of Yahweh blows on it; surely the people grass.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).