Isaiah 40:30
Children are weerie and faint, and the strongest men fall:
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
In Context
29It is he that geueth strength vnto the weerie, and power vnto the faint.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:11So I turned me vnto other thinges vnder the sunne, & I sawe that in running it helpeth not to be swift, in battell it helpeth not to be strong, to feeding it helpeth not to be wyse, to riches it helpeth not to be a man of muche vnderstanding, to be had in fauour it helpeth not to be cunning: but that all lieth in tyme and fortune.
Isaiah 13:18With bowes shall they destroy the young men, and haue no pitie on women with chylde, and their faces shall not spare the chyldren.
Amos 2:14Therfore the flight shall perishe from the swift, and the strong shal not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie saue his life.
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 →