Isaiah 40:28

Isaiah 40:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
• New International Version (NIV)Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Have 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding.

Context of Isaiah 40:28

26Lift 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. 27Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: “My way is hidden from the Lord, And my just claim is passed over by my God”? Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. 29He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. 30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,

Isaiah 40:28 word by word

הֲל֨וֹא יָדַ֜עְתָּ אִם־לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ אֱלֹהֵ֨י עוֹלָ֤ם׀ יְהוָה֙ בּוֹרֵא֙ קְצ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א יִיעַ֖ף וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֑ע אֵ֥ין חֵ֖קֶר לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hast thou not knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• hast thou not heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the Creatorבָּרָאbârâ' · to createH1254
• of the endsקָצָהqâtsâh · endH7098
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• faintethיָעֵףyâ‛aph · to faintH3286
• not, neither is wearyיָגֵעַyâga‛ · be weary/toilH3021
• no searchingחֵ֫קֶרchêqer · searchH2714
• of his understandingתְּבוּנָהtâbûn tebûnâh tôbûnâh · understandingH8394

Cross-references for Isaiah 40:28

• Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are foolish, They have not known Me. They are silly children, And they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge.”
• Mark 8:17But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart still hardened?
• Mark 9:19He answered him and said, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.”
• Mark 16:14Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
• Luke 24:25Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
• John 14:9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
• 1 Corinthians 6:3Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
• 1 Corinthians 6:16Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.”
• Isaiah 57:15For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Genesis 21:33Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
• Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, And will say, ‘Destroy!’
• Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble, And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
• Romans 16:26but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith—
• 1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
• Hebrews 9:14how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Isaiah 45:22“Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.

Commentaries on Isaiah 40:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28There is no searching of his understanding "And that his understanding is unsearchable" - Twenty-four MSS., two editions, the Septuagint and Vulgate, read ואין veein, with the conjunction ו vau .Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Hast thou not known? - This is the language of the prophet reproving them for complaining of being forsaken and assuring them that God was faithful to his promises. This argument of the prophet, which continues to the close of the chapter, comprises the main scope of the chapter, which is to induce them to put confidence in God, and to believe that he was able and willing to deliver them. The phrase, Hast thou not known? refers to the fact that the Jewish…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. 28know … understood: Compare Isaiah 40:21. the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth: Creation shows God's power and wisdom. He is also the Creator of the future world, a place of righteousness, justice, and peace (Isaiah 45:8; 48:6–7; 65:17–18). He will not grow tired or weary: God does not have human limitations.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. known--by thine own observation and reading of Scripture. heard--from tradition of the fathers. everlasting, &c.--These attributes of Jehovah ought to inspire His afflicted people with confidence. no searching of his understanding--therefore thy cause cannot, as thou sayest, escape His notice; though much in His ways is unsearchable, He cannot err (Job 11:7-9). He is never "faint" or "weary" with having the countless wants of His people ever before…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