Isaiah 40:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

Young's Literal Translation
Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.

King James Bible
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

Hebrew
The grass
חָצִ֖יר (ḥā·ṣîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2682: Green grass, herbage

withers
יָבֵ֥שׁ (yā·ḇêš)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither

[and] the flowers
צִ֑יץ (ṣîṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6731: Glistening, a burnished plate, a flower, a wing

fall,
נָ֣בֵֽל (nā·ḇêl)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5034: To wilt, to fall away, fail, faint, to be foolish, wicked, to despise, disgrace

but the word
וּדְבַר־ (ū·ḏə·ḇar-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of our God
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

stands
יָק֥וּם (yā·qūm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

forever.”
לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (lə·‘ō·w·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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