Isaiah 46:4

Isaiah 46:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
• New International Version (NIV)Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Context of Isaiah 46:4

2The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity. 3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth. Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you. 5To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike? 6They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.

Isaiah 46:4 word by word

וְעַד־זִקְנָה֙ אֲנִ֣י ה֔וּא וְעַד־שֵיבָ֖ה אֲנִ֣י אֶסְבֹּ֑ל אֲנִ֤י עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶשָּׂ֔א וַאֲנִ֥י אֶסְבֹּ֖ל וַאֲמַלֵּֽט׃ סRead the interlinear

• Even toעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• your old ageזִקְנָהziqnâh · old ageH2209
• Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
• will be the sameהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• will bear you upסָבַלsâbal · to bearH5445
• you turn grayשֵׂיבָהώêybâh · hoary headH7872
• have made youעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• will carry youנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• and deliver youמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422

Cross-references for Isaiah 46:4

• Isaiah 41:4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
• Isaiah 43:13Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
• Psalms 92:14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
• Psalms 102:26They 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.
• Malachi 2:16“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
• Malachi 3:6“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
• Romans 11:29For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
• Hebrews 1:12You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
• Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
• James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
• Psalms 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
• Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

Commentaries on Isaiah 46:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And even to your old age, I am he - Or rather, I am the same. I remain, unchangeably, with the same tenderness, the same affection, the same care. In this the care of God for his people surpasses that of the most tender parent, and the most kind nourisher of the young. The care of the parent naturally dies away as the child reaches manhood, and he is usually removed by death before the son or daughter that excited so much solicitude in infancy and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. old age--As "your"--"you"--"you," are not in the Hebrew, the sentiment is more general than English Version, though of course it includes the Jews from the infancy to the more advanced age of their history (Is 47:6). I am he--that is, the same (Psa 102:27; Joh 8:24; He 13:8). I will bear ... carry--Not only do I not need to be borne and carried Myself, as the idols (Is 46:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 46:4

• God
• Old Age

In the dictionaries

• Pleasure
• Purpose
• Age; Old Age
• Bear; Borne
• Carry
• Color; Colors
• Hair
• Isaiah
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Providence

Commentaries on Isaiah 46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings