English Standard Version
Isaiah 40:30
30Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;
Isaiah 40:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
- New International Version (NIV)Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion.
Context of Isaiah 40:30
28Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. 29He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 31but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Read all of Isaiah 40Isaiah 40:30 word by word
וְיִֽעֲפ֥וּ נְעָרִ֖ים וְיִגָ֑עוּ וּבַחוּרִ֖ים כָּשׁ֥וֹל יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 40:30
- Isaiah 9:17Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men, and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is godless and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 13:18Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.
- Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
- Psalms 34:10The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
- Psalms 39:5Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
- Ecclesiastes 9:11Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.
- Amos 2:14Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;
Commentaries on Isaiah 40:30
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Even the youths shall faint - The most vigorous young men, those in whom we expect manly strength, and who are best suited to endure hardy toil. They become weary by labor. Their powers are soon exhausted. The design here is, to contrast the most vigorous of the human race with God, and to show that while all their powers fail, the power of God is unexhausted and inexhaustible. And the young men - The word used here denotes properly “those who are chosen…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-31Verses 27-31 The people of God are reproved for their unbelief and distrust of God. Let them remember they took the names Jacob and Israel, from one who found God faithful to him in all his straits. And they bore these names as a people in covenant with Him. Many foolish frets, and foolish fears, would vanish before inquiry into the causes. It is bad to have evil thoughts rise in our minds, but worse to turn them into evil words. What they had known, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31This chapter introduces chapters 40–66. In this section, comfort means the result of God's merciful actions toward people in the future. It includes encouragement, strength, and acceptance. God wants to rescue his people (Isaiah 40:1–11) and is fully capable of doing so (40:12–26). The exiles needed to trust God's promises and wait for their rescue (Isaiah 40:27–31; see also 30:15–18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. young men--literally, "those selected"; men picked out on account of their youthful vigor for an enterprise.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 40
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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