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Isaiah 40:7

NETBible	The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord¹ blows on them. Surely humanity² is like grass.
NIV © biblegateway Isa 40:7	The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 40:7	The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.
NLT © biblegateway Isa 40:7	The grass withers, and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the LORD. And so it is with people.
MSG © biblegateway Isa 40:7	The grass withers, the wildflowers fade, if GOD so much as puffs on them. Aren't these people just so much grass?
BBE © SABDAweb Isa 40:7	The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass.
NRSV © bibleoremus Isa 40:7	The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass.
NKJV © biblegateway Isa 40:7	The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.
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KJV	The grass <02682> withereth <03001> (8804)_, the flower <06731> fadeth <05034> (8804)_: because the spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> bloweth <05380> (8804) upon it: surely <0403> the people <05971> [is] grass <02682>_.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 40:7	The grass <02682> withers <03001> , the flower <06731> fades <05034> , When <03588> the breath <07307> of the LORD <03068> blows <05380> upon it; Surely <0403> the people <05971> are grass <02682> .
LXXM	exhranyh <3583> V-API-3S o <3588> T-NSM cortov <5528> N-NSM kai <2532> CONJ to <3588> T-NSN anyov <438> N-NSN exepesen <1601> V-AAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	The grass <02682> dries up <03001> , the flowers <06731> wither <05034> , when <03588> the wind <07307> sent by the Lord <03068> blows <05380> on them. Surely <0403> humanity <05971> is like grass <02682> .
HEBREW	Meh <05971> ryux <02682> Nka <0403> wb <0> hbsn <05380> hwhy <03068> xwr <07307> yk <03588> Uyu <06731> lbn <05034> ryux <02682> sby (40:7) <03001>

NETBible

The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord¹ blows on them. Surely humanity² is like grass.

NET Notes

¹tn The Hebrew text has רוּחַ יְהוָה (ruakh yehvah), which in this context probably does not refer to the Lord’s personal Spirit. The phrase is better translated “the breath of the Lord,” or “the wind of [i.e., sent by] the Lord.” The Lord’s sovereign control over nature, including the hot desert winds that dry up vegetation, is in view here (cf. Ps 147:18; Isa 59:19).

²tn Heb “the people” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).