1 Peter 1:24

1 Peter chapter 1 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

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:

ASV

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:

Context

v.23having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

v.24This passage

v.25But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • James 1:10

    and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

  • 2 Kings 19:26

    Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

  • Psalms 92:7

    When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

  • Psalms 103:15

    As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

  • James 4:14

    whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

  • Psalms 102:4

    My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.