Isaiah 40:30
Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
In Context
29He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:10And David, with four hundred men, went on: but two hundred of them were overcome with weariness, and not able to go across the stream.
Psalms 34:10\34:9\Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.
Ecclesiastes 9:11And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.
Isaiah 13:18In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.
Jeremiah 9:21For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.
Amos 2:14And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:28-31
Jehovah's Grandeur and Compassion. ( b. c. 708.) 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? 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. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young… Read the whole commentary →