Isaiah 40 · Verse 28

Isaiah 40:28

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.
Isaiah 40:28, King James Version

Isaiah 40:28 in other translations

BSBDo 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; His understanding is beyond searching out.
WEBHaven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
ASVHast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
YLTHast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age--Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding.
DARBYDost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding.
BBEHave you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.
WebsterHast 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.

What does Isaiah 40:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
28. 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 Him to attend to.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 There 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 40:27-31

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…

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Isaiah 40:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲל֨וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808
יָדַ֜עְתָּya.Da'.tado you knowH3045
אִם\־'im-or?H518
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
שָׁמַ֗עְתָּsha.Ma'.tahave you heardH8085
אֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.Hei[is] a God ofH430
עוֹלָ֤ם\׀o.LamperpetuityH5769
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
בּוֹרֵא֙bo.Re'[the one who] createdH1254
קְצ֣וֹתke.Tzot[the] ends ofH7098
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יִיעַ֖ףyi.'Afhe grows wearyH3286
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יִיגָ֑עyi.Ga'he becomes wearyH3021
אֵ֥ין'einthere notH369
חֵ֖קֶרChe.ker[is] inquiryH2714
לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ\׃lit.vu.na.Toto understanding hisH8394

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 40:28

  • Romans 11:33-34

    O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

  • Psalms 147:5

    Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

  • 1 Timothy 1:17

    Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  • Isaiah 55:8-9

    For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

  • Philippians 1:6

    Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

  • Isaiah 40:21

    Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • 1 Corinthians 2:16

    For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

  • Luke 24:25

    Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

  • Genesis 21:33

    And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

  • Jeremiah 4:22

    For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • Hebrews 9:14

    How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • John 14:9

    Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou not known.
Jer 4:22; Mr 8:17,18; 9:19; 16:14; Lu 24:25; Joh 14:9; 1Co 6:3-5,9
1Co 6:16,19
the everlasting.
57:15; Ge 21:33; De 33:27; Jer 10:10; Ro 16:26; 1Ti 1:17; Heb 9:14
the ends.
45:22; 59:1; 1Sa 2:10; Ac 13:47
fainteth.
66:9; Ps 138:8; Joh 5:17; Php 1:6
no searching.
55:8,9; Ps 139:6; 147:5; Ro 11:33,34; 1Co 2:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 40:27

    Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

  • Isaiah 40:28

    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.

  • Isaiah 40:29

    He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

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Isaiah 40:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿No has sabido, no has oído que el Dios del siglo es Jehová, el cual crió los términos de la tierra? No se trabaja, ni se fatiga con cansancio, y su entendimiento no hay quien lo alcance.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ne sais-tu pas, n’as-tu pas entendu, que le Dieu d’éternité, l’ Éternel, créateur des bouts de la terre, ne se lasse pas et ne se fatigue pas? On ne sonde pas son intelligence.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Weißt du es nicht? oder hast du es nicht gehört? Ein ewiger Gott ist Jehova, der Schöpfer der Enden der Erde; er ermüdet nicht und ermattet nicht, unergründlich ist sein Verstand.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid nescis, aut non audisti? Deus sempiternus Dominus, qui creavit terminos terræ: non deficiet, neque laborabit, nec est investigatio sapientiæ ejus.