2 Nephi 8:8

~559–545 BC

1830 Edition

for the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever; and my salvation from generation to generation.

Influences

Isaiah 51:8 (KJV)
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

Changes

fFor the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever;, and my salvation from generation to generation.

Simple English

Moths will eat them up like clothes. Worms will eat them like wool. But my goodness will last forever. My rescue will continue for all time.

Paraphrase

Moths will eat them up like clothing. Worms will devour them like wool. But my justice will last forever, my rescue from one generation to the next.