They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
Parallel translations
- WEB They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
- KJV They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
- NKJV They will perish, but You will endure; Yes, they will all grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will change them, And they will be changed.
- NASB “Even they will perish, but You endure; All of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will pass away.
- NLT They will perish, but you remain forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them like a garment and discard them.
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Quick answer
The heavens and earth will perish and wear out like a garment, but God endures. Creation is temporary; the Creator is not.
Overview
Even the vast heavens will wear out and be changed like worn-out clothing, while God remains. This underscores the contrast between the perishable creation and the eternal God. Hebrews 1:11-12 applies these words to Christ, who outlasts the created order He will one day renew.
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- Isa 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
- Matt 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Isa 34:4All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
- Rev 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
- Rom 8:20For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
- Isa 66:22“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
- Ps 102:12But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
- Rev 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
- Isa 65:17For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
- 2 Pet 3:7–12And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- Exod 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
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