God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 46:4
4Even when you’re old, I’ll take care of you. Even when your hair turns gray, I’ll support you. I made you and will continue to care for you. I’ll support you and save you.
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
2These gods stoop low and bow down together. They aren’t able to escape with heavy loads. They go away into captivity. 3Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, the few people left of the nation of Israel. I’ve carried you since your birth. I’ve taken care of you from the time you were born. Even when you’re old, I’ll take care of you. Even when your hair turns gray, I’ll support you. I made you and will continue to care for you. I’ll support you and save you. 5To whom will you compare me and make me equal? To whom will you compare me so that we can be alike? 6People pour gold out of their bags and weigh silver on scales. They hire a goldsmith. He makes it into a god. They bow down and worship it.
Read all of Isaiah 46Isaiah 46:4 word by word
וְעַד־זִקְנָה֙ אֲנִ֣י ה֔וּא וְעַד־שֵיבָ֖ה אֲנִ֣י אֶסְבֹּ֑ל אֲנִ֤י עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶשָּׂ֔א וַאֲנִ֥י אֶסְבֹּ֖ל וַאֲמַלֵּֽט׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 46:4
- Isaiah 41:4Who has accomplished this? Who has determined the course of history from the beginning? I, the Lord, was there first, and I will be there to the end. I am the one!”
- Isaiah 43:13“From the ⌞first⌟ day I was the one ⌞who did this⌟. No one can rescue people from my power. When I do something, who can undo it?”
- Psalms 92:14Even when they are old, they still bear fruit. They are always healthy and fresh.
- Psalms 102:26They will come to an end, but you will still go on. They will all wear out like clothing. You will change them like clothes, and they will be thrown away.
- Malachi 2:16“I hate divorce,” says the Lord God of Israel. “I hate the person who covers himself with violence,” says the Lord of Armies. “Be careful not to be unfaithful.”
- Malachi 3:6“I, the Lord, never change. That is why you descendants of Jacob haven’t been destroyed yet.
- Romans 11:29God never changes his mind when he gives gifts or when he calls someone.
- Hebrews 1:12They will be taken off like a coat. You will change them like clothes. But you remain the same, and your life will never end.
- Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- James 1:17Every good present and every perfect gift comes from above, from the Father who made the sun, moon, and stars. The Father doesn’t change like the shifting shadows produced by the sun and the moon.
- Psalms 48:14“This God is our God forever and ever. He will lead us beyond death.”
- Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me live to tell the people of this age what your strength has accomplished, to tell about your power to all who will 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
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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
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