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Isa. 37:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore their inhabitants were μof 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 corn blasted before it be grown up.

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short of hand.

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their inhabitants.

Isa. 19:16• ¹⁶In that day shall Egypt be like unto women; and it shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which he shaketh over it. (Isa. 19:16)

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Num. 14:9• ⁹Only rebel not ye against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and Jehovah is with us. Fear them not. (Num. 14:9)

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2 Kings 19:26• ²⁶{i}And their inhabitants were powerless,{HR}They were dismayed and put to shame;{HR}They were as the growing grass, and as the green herb,{HR}As the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.{HR}{/i} (2 Kings 19:26)

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Psa. 127:1‑2• ¹A song of the ascents: of Solomon.{HR}If Jehovah build not a house,{HR}In vain toil its builders in it;{HR}If Jehovah keep not a city,{HR}In vain watcheth a keeper.
²[It is] in vain for you rising up early,{HR}Sitting up late,{HR}Eating bread of [the] sorrows:{HR}So he giveth unto his beloved sleep. (Psa. 127:1‑2)

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Jer. 5:10• ¹⁰{i}Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.{/i} (Jer. 5:10)

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Jer. 37:10• ¹⁰For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. (Jer. 37:10)

of small power.

Heb. short of hand.

as the grass of.

Isa. 40:6‑8• ⁶A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? —All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field.
⁷The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the Spirit of Jehovah bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
⁸The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever. (Isa. 40:6‑8)

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Psa. 37:2• ²For like grass they are speedily cut off,{HR}And like the greenness of the tender herb they do fade. (Psa. 37:2)

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Psa. 90:5‑6• ⁵Thou sweepest them away— asleep are they;{HR}In the morning as grass changeth;
⁶In the morning it flourisheth and changeth;{HR}At the evening it is mown and withereth. (Psa. 90:5‑6)

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Psa. 92:7• ⁷When wicked [men] spring up as grass{HR}And all the workers of iniquity flourish,{HR}[It is] for them to be destroyed forever. (Psa. 92:7)

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Psa. 103:15• ¹⁵Man! his days [are] like grass;{HR}As a flower of the field, so doth he flourish. (Psa. 103:15)

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Psa. 129:6• ⁶Be they as grass of housetops{HR}Which withereth before it is plucked up; (Psa. 129:6)

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James 1:10‑11• ¹⁰and the rich in his humiliation, because as flower of grass, he will pass away.
¹¹For the sun arose with its scorching, and withered the grass, and its flower fell away, and the comeliness of its look perished: thus also will the rich one fade in his goings. (James 1:10‑11)

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1 Peter 1:24• ²⁴Because all flesh [is] as grass, and all its glory as a flower of grass. The grass withered and the flower fell away, (1 Peter 1:24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And their inhabitants were powerlesse, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were as the grass of the field and the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "short of hand."

W. Kelly Translation

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And their inhabitants [were] powerless, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were [as] the grass of the field, the green herb, the grass on the housetops, and [corn] blighted before it be grown up.