1 Peter 1:24 Parallel Translations

"All people are like grass, and all their beauty is like a flower of the field. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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:

ASV:

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

BBE:

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:

DBY:

Because all flesh is as grass, and all its glory as the flower of grass. The grass has withered and its flower has fallen;

ERV:

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

WEY:

"All mankind resemble the herbage, and all their beauty is like its flowers. The herbage dries up, and its flowers drop off;

WBS:

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

WEB:

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;

YLT:

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,

1 Peter 1:24 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 40:6 A voice says, "Call out." Then he answered, "What shall I call out?" All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

James 1:10 and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:24 {14} For all {l} flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
(14) A reason why we need this heavenly birth, that is, because men, though their glory may not be great, are by nature void of all true and sound goodness.
(l) The word, flesh, shows the weakness of our nature, which is chiefly to be considered in the flesh itself.

PNT:

1:24 All flesh [is] as grass. See Isa 40:6. God's word lives forever, but the flesh is as evanescent as the grass.
And all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The fleshly life, like the grass, is soon felled by death, but a birth from the living and eternal word is a birth to eternal life.

WES:

1:24 All flesh - Every human creature is transient and withering as grass. And all the glory of it - His wisdom, strength, wealth, righteousness. As the flower - The most short - lived part of it. The grass - That is, man. The flower - That is, his glory. Is fallen off - As it were, while we are speaking. Isaiah 40:6, and c.

MHC:

1:17-25 Holy confidence in God as a Father, and awful fear of him as a Judge, agree together; and to regard God always as a Judge, makes him dear to us as a Father. If believers do evil, God will visit them with corrections. Then, let Christians not doubt God's faithfulness to his promises, nor give way to enslaving dread of his wrath, but let them reverence his holiness. The fearless professor is defenceless, and Satan takes him captive at his will; the desponding professor has no heart to avail himself of his advantages, and is easily brought to surrender. The price paid for man's redemption was the precious blood of Christ. Not only openly wicked, but unprofitable conversation is highly dangerous, though it may plead custom. It is folly to resolve, I will live and die in such a way, because my forefathers did so. God had purposes of special favour toward his people, long before he made manifest such grace unto them. But the clearness of light, the supports of faith, the power of ordinances, are all much greater since Christ came upon earth, than they were before. The comfort is, that being by faith made one with Christ, his present glory is an assurance that where he is we shall be also, Joh 14:3. The soul must be purified, before it can give up its own desires and indulgences. And the word of God planted in the heart by the Holy Ghost, is a means of spiritual life, stirring up to our duty, working a total change in the dispositions and affections of the soul, till it brings to eternal life. In contrast with the excellence of the renewed spiritual man, as born again, observe the vanity of the natural man. In his life, and in his fall, he is like grass, the flower of grass, which soon withers and dies away. We should hear, and thus receive and love, the holy, living word, and rather hazard all than lose it; and we must banish all other things from the place due to it. We should lodge it in our hearts as our only treasures here, and the certain pledge of the treasure of glory laid up for believers in heaven.

CONC:

Beauty Becomes Dead Dries Drop Dry Fall Fallen Falleth Falls Fell Field Flesh Flower Flowers Glory Grass Herbage Mankind Man's Resemble Thereof Wither Withered Withereth Withers

Beauty Dead Dries Drop Dry Fall Fallen Falleth Falls Fell Field Flesh Flower Flowers Glory Grass Herbage Mankind Resemble Thereof Wither Withered Withereth Withers

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