Isaiah 40:30
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Isaiah 40:30 in other translations
| BSB | Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. |
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| WEB | Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; |
| ASV | Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: |
| YLT | Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble, |
| DARBY | Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall; |
| BBE | Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength; |
| Webster | Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: |
What does Isaiah 40:30 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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…
Isaiah 40:30 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 40:30
- Amos 2:14
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
- Psalms 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
- Psalms 33:16
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
- Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 13:18
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
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Context
- Isaiah 40:29
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
- Isaiah 40:30
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
- Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los mancebos se fatigan y se cansan, los mozos flaquean y caen: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les jeunes gens seront las et se fatigueront, et les jeunes hommes deviendront chancelants; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Jünglinge ermüden und ermatten, und junge Männer fallen hin; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Deficient pueri, et laborabunt, et juvenes in infirmitate cadent; |