Isaiah 40.6-8 |
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Isaiah 40.6-8 |
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fwnh legontoV, bohson:
kai eipa, ti bohsw;
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pasa sarx wV
cortoV
kai pasa doxa
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The voice of one saying, Cry; and I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, the flower fades: but the word of our God abides for ever |
All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth: But the word of the Lord abideth for ever |
The voice of one saying, Cry. And one 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 flowers fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever |
| Comments: The NT and the LXX agree with
minor variations. The MT mentions “goodliness” instead of “glory.”
The RSV gives “beauty” for chesed, the Hebrew chesed word translated
“goodliness” above. The NASB has “loveliness.” In addition,
the NT omits the additional sentence provided in the MT.
Many NT manuscripts bring the LXX and the NT even closer, omitting wV in line 1 and replacing authV with anqrwpou in the second line. |