Devine Scripture

Isaiah 40:24

Isaiah chapter 40 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

Context

v.23that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

v.24This passage

v.25To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal to him? saith the Holy One.

Cross references

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

  • Job 15:30

    He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath ofGod’smouth shall he go away.

  • Isaiah 40:7

    The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.

  • Zechariah 9:14

    And Jehovah shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.

  • Hosea 13:15

    Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the breath of Jehovah coming up from the wilderness; and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall make spoil of the treasure of all goodly vessels.

  • Hosea 13:3

    Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

  • Isaiah 37:7

    Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return unto his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.