Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageA voice says, "Cry out!" And another asks, "What shall I cry?" All flesh is grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field—
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GA voice says, "Cry out!" And I said, "What shall I cry?" — All flesh is grass, and all its fleeting beauty is like the wildflower of the field—
KJV
King James VersionThe 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:
BSB
Berean Standard BibleA voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
Footnotes
The word rendered "fleeting beauty" / "glory" is *chasdo* (חַסְדּוֹ) — literally the *hesed* of flesh. *Hesed* is the premier word for God's covenant-faithfulness, yet here it names the most fragile quality of human existence — a devastating theological irony. The LXX renders it *doxa* ("glory"), followed by 1 Pet. 1:24. FOG renders "fleeting beauty" to capture the ironic contrast with divine *hesed*; FOG Message uses "glory" to honour the LXX tradition and its New Testament resonance. Both verses 6 and 7 are enjambed by the dash — the thought crashes forward into the next line just as the grass falls.
