Isaiah 40:26

Isaiah 40:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
• New International Version (NIV)Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is missing.

Context of Isaiah 40:26

24Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And the storm carries them away like stubble. 25“To whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not one of them is missing. 27Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord, And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God”? 28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.

Isaiah 40:26 word by word

שְׂאוּ־מָר֨וֹם עֵינֵיכֶ֤ם וּרְאוּ֙ מִי־בָרָ֣א אֵ֔לֶּה הַמּוֹצִ֥יא בְמִסְפָּ֖ר צְבָאָ֑ם לְכֻלָּם֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יִקְרָ֔א מֵרֹ֤ב אוֹנִים֙ וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֔חַ אִ֖ישׁ לֹ֥א נֶעְדָּֽר׃ סRead the interlinear

• Liftנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: lookH5375
• up your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• on highמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791
• And seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• whoמִיmîy · who?H4310
• has createdבָּרָאbârâ' · to createH1254
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• One who leadsיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• their hostצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• by numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• He callsקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• them allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• by nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Becauseמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• greatnessרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• of His mightאוֹן'ôn · strengthH202
• strengthאַמִּיץ'ammîyts 'ammits · strongH533
• powerכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• Not oneאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• is missingעָדַר‛âdar · to lackH5737

Cross-references for Isaiah 40:26

• Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the sky, Then look to the earth beneath; For the sky will vanish like smoke, And the earth will wear out like a garment And its inhabitants will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not wane.
• Deuteronomy 4:19And beware not to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
• Job 31:26If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor,
• Psalms 8:3When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
• Psalms 19:1The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
• Isaiah 44:24Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, the Lord, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all alone,
• Isaiah 45:7The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these.
• Isaiah 48:13Surely My hand founded the earth, And My right hand spread out the heavens; When I call to them, they stand together.
• Genesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts.
• Psalms 102:25Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
• Psalms 148:3Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all stars of light!
• Jeremiah 10:11Thus you shall say to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”
• Colossians 1:16For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him.
• Psalms 147:4He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.
• Psalms 89:11The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all it contains, You have founded them.

Commentaries on Isaiah 40:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Left up your eyes on high - The rabbins say, He who is capable of meditating on the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, and does not meditate on them, is not worthy to have his name mentioned among men.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Lift up your eyes on high - Direct your eyes toward heaven, and in the contemplation of the wonders of the starry world, and of God‘s power there, learn the evidence of his ability to destroy his foes and to save his friends. Lowth connects this verse with the former, and renders it: Saith the Holy One, Lift up your eyes on high.‘ The words on high‘ here are evidently synonymous with heaven, and refer to the starry worlds. The design of the passage is to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-26Verses 18-26 Whatever we esteem or love, fear or hope in, more than God, that creature we make equal with God, though we do not make images or worship them. He that is so poor, that he has scarcely a sacrifice to offer, yet will not be without a god of his own. They spared no cost upon their idols; we grudge what is spent in the service of our God. To prove the greatness of God, the prophet appeals to all ages and nations. Those who are ignorant of this…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26Lift up your eyes on high: Just as God told Abraham to look into the sky (Genesis 15:5), he also told Israel to look to the stars for encouragement (see also Isaiah 51:2–3). The cosmos shows God's great power and unmatched strength. The Strong One can strengthen the weak (Isaiah 40:27–31; see Psalm 147:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. bringeth out ... host--image from a general reviewing his army: He is Lord of Sabaoth, the heavenly hosts (Job 38:32). calleth ... by names--numerous as the stars are. God knows each in all its distinguishing characteristics--a sense which "name" often bears in Scripture; so in Ge 2:19, 20, Adam, as God's vicegerent, called the beasts by name, that is, characterized them by their several qualities, which, indeed, He has imparted. by the greatness…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