King James Version
Isaiah 40:6 in the King James Version says “The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower ...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: straight: or, a straight place plain: or, a plain place
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.
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:
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Cry”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“Cry”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“All flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all the goodliness”
H2617kindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
“thereof is as the flower”
H6731properly, glistening, i.e., a burnished plate; a wing (as gleaming in the air)
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