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

2They stooped over, they have bowed down together; They could not rescue the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity. 3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You who have been borne by Me from birth And have been carried from the womb; Even to your old age I will be the same, And even to your graying years I will bear you! I have done it, and I will carry you; And I will bear you and I will deliver you. 5“To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike? 6Those who lavish gold from the purse And weigh silver on the scale Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; They bow down, indeed they worship it.

Isaiah 46:4 word by word

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

• oldזִקְנָהziqnâh · old ageH2209
• will be the sameהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• And evenעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• grayingשֵׂיבָהώêybâh · hoary headH7872
• I will bearסָבַלsâbal · to bearH5445
• doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• and I will carryנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• and I will deliverמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422

Cross-references for Isaiah 46:4

• Isaiah 41:4Who has performed and accomplished it, Calling forth the generations from the beginning? ‘I, the Lord, am the first, and with the last. I am He.’”
• Isaiah 43:13Even from eternity I am He, And there is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?”
• Psalms 92:14They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green,
• Psalms 102:26Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.
• Malachi 2:16For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with wrong,” says the Lord of hosts. “So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”
• Malachi 3:6“For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
• Romans 11:29for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
• Hebrews 1:12And like a mantle You will roll them up; Like a garment they will also be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.”
• Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
• James 1:17Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
• Psalms 48:14For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death.
• Psalms 71:18And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power 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