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Isaiah 46:4
4Even 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will be your God throughout your lifetime— until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.
Context of Isaiah 46:4
2They stoop and bow down together; unable to rescue the burden, they themselves go off into captivity. 3“Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob, all the remnant of the people of Israel, you whom I have upheld since your birth, and have carried since you were born. 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. 5“With whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared? 6Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.
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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 done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord—with the first of them and with the last—I am he.”
- Isaiah 43:13Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
- Psalms 92:14They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
- 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 discarded.
- Malachi 2:16“The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,” says the Lord Almighty. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.
- Malachi 3:6“I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not 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, who does not change like shifting shadows.
- Psalms 48:14For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
- Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts 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
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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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