Isaiah 40:6
A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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:
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13 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ק֚וֹל | Kol | a voice | H6963 → |
| אֹמֵ֣ר | 'o.Mer | [is] saying | H559 → |
| קְרָ֔א | ke.Ra' | proclaim | H7121 → |
| וְאָמַ֖ר | ve.'a.Mar | and he said | H559 → |
| מָ֣ה | mah | what? | H4100 → |
| אֶקְרָ֑א | 'ek.Ra' | will I proclaim | H7121 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| הַבָּשָׂ֣ר | ha.ba.Sar | <the> flesh | H1320 → |
| חָצִ֔יר | cha.Tzir | [is] grass | H2682 → |
| וְכָל־ | ve.khol | and all | H3605 → |
| חַסְדּ֖וֹ | chas.Do | loyalty its | H2617 → |
| כְּצִ֥יץ | ke.Tzitz | [is] like [the] flower of | H6731 → |
| הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ | ha.sa.Deh | the field | H7704 → |
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