The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field:
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Louis Segond 1910
Une voix dit: Crie! -Et il répond: Que crierai-je? Toute chair est comme l'herbe, Et tout son éclat comme la fleur des champs.
KJV
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field:
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
flesh, or vain glory: In Isaiah: All flesh is grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. Isaiah 40:6. Herb, joy, or certain rudiments of a progressing soul: In Genesis: Let the earth bring forth green herbs. Genesis 1:11. Also in a negative sense: In the morning it is…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
?" as well as by considering the imperfection of the goods on which man prides himself, according to Is. 40:6, "All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the field"; and farther on ( Is. 64:6 ), "all our justices" are become "like the rag of a menstruous woma…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark
, which is greater than all herbs: for “God is love,” [ 1 John 4:16 ] whilst “all flesh is grass.” [ Isa 40:6 ] But the boughs which it puts forth are those of mercy and compassion, since under its shade the poor of Christ, who are meant by the living creatures of the heavens, de…
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