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1 Peter 1:24

“For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withered, and the flower fell;”

1 Peter 1:24 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Isaiah 40:6-8

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Peter quotes Isaiah 40:6-8 without a formula. Where the Hebrew says “the word of our Elohim,” 1 Peter says “the word of the Lord.”

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Greek of the New Testament: διότι πᾶσα σὰρξ ὡς χόρτος καὶ πᾶσα δόξα αὐτῆς ὡς ἄνθος χόρτου ἐξηράνθη ὁ χόρτος καὶ τὸ ἄνθος ἐξέπεσεν τὸ δὲ ῥῆμα κυρίου μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν τὸ ῥῆμα τὸ εὐαγγελισθὲν εἰς ὑμᾶς

Hebrew (Masoretic text): קוֹל אֹמֵר קְרָא וְאָמַר מָה אֶקְרָא כָּל הַבָּשָׂר חָצִיר וְכָל חַסְדּוֹ כְּצִיץ הַשָּׂדֶה יָבֵשׁ חָצִיר נָבֵל צִיץ כִּי רוּחַ יְהוָה נָשְׁבָה בּוֹ אָכֵן חָצִיר הָעָם יָבֵשׁ חָצִיר נָבֵל צִיץ וּדְבַר אֱלֹהֵינוּ יָקוּם לְעוֹלָם

Septuagint (Isaiah 40:8 in the Septuagint numbering): ἐξηράνθη ὃ χόρτος καὶ τὸ ἄνθος ἐξέπεσεν, τὸ δὲ ῥῆμα τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν μένει εἷς τὸν αἰῶνα.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 10 consecutive words: “ἐξηράνθη ὁ χόρτος καὶ τὸ ἄνθος ἐξέπεσεν τὸ δὲ ῥῆμα.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

1 Peter 1:24, word by word

Forδιότιdioti

because

"Because", "for", "since".

Where else “dioti” appears
fleshσὰρξsarx

mortal

Human beings, frail and mortal.

Where else “sarx” appears
grassχόρτοςchortos

grass

Grass, pasture.

Where else “chortos” appears
gloryδόξαdoxa

glory

The greatness and splendor of God.

Where else “doxa” appears
the flowerἄνθοςanthos

flower

Flower.

Where else “anthos” appears
witheredἐξηράνθηexēranthē

wither

To lose moisture and life, like a plant or a limb without strength.

Where else “exēranthē” appears
fellἐξέπεσενexepesen

fall off

To come loose from where it was and drop to the ground or into the water.

Where else “exepesen” appears

Translation note

Quotation of Isaiah 40:6-8 according to the Greek of the Old Testament (1:24-25).

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Quotation · Isaiah 40:6-8

Peter quotes Isaiah 40:6-8 without a formula. Where the Hebrew says “the word of our Elohim,” 1 Peter says “the word of the Lord.”

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1 Peter 1:24

24For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withered, and the flower fell;

Isaiah 40:6-8

6A voice says, “Call out.” And he said, “What shall I call out?” “All flesh is grass, and all its loyal love is like the flower of the field.

The context

23having been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the word of God, living and remaining.

24 · This verse (above)

25but the word of the Lord remains forever. And this is the word that was proclaimed as good news to you.

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