1 Peter 1:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For,{G1360} All{G3956} flesh{G4561} is as{G5613} grass,{G5528} And{G2532} all{G3956} the glory{G1391} thereof{G444} as{G5613} the flower{G438} of grass.{G5528} The grass{G5528} withereth,{G3583} and{G2532} the{G846} flower{G438} falleth:{G1601}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1360} all{G3956} flesh{G4561} is as{G5613} grass{G5528}, and{G2532} all{G3956} the glory{G1391} of man{G444} as{G5613} the flower{G438} of grass{G5528}. The grass{G5528} withereth{G3583}{(G5681)}, and{G2532} the flower{G438} thereof{G846} falleth away{G1601}{(G5627)}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For all flesshe is as grasse and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse. The grasse widdereth and the flower falleth away

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse. The grasse withereth, & the floure falleth awaye

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glorie of man is as the flower of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flower falleth away.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For all fleshe is as grasse, and all the glorie of man, is as the flowre of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flowre falleth away:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For, "All flesh is like grass, And all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    because all flesh `is' as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For, "All flesh is like grass, and all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice said, Cry out. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field: 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.
  • Ps 103:15 : 15 As for man, his days are like grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
  • Ps 37:2 : 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring up like the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is so they may be destroyed forever.
  • Ps 102:4 : 4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass, so I forget to eat my bread.
  • Ps 90:5 : 5 You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up.
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
  • Ps 129:6 : 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up:
  • 2 Kgs 19:26 : 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of little power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like grain blighted before it is grown up.

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