Isaiah 40:30
Even young people grow weak and tired—they fall down when they're exhausted.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
In Context
29He gives strength to the weary and power to the powerless.
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:10Two hundred of them remained behind there because they were too tired to cross the valley while David continued on with four hundred men.
Psalms 34:10Lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who trust in the Lord have all that is good.
Ecclesiastes 9:11I thought about other things that happen here on earth. Races are not always won by the fastest runner. Battles are not always decided by the strongest warrior. Also, the wise do not always have food, intelligent people do not always make money, and those who are clever do not always win favor. Time and chance affect all of them.
Isaiah 13:18Their bows will slaughter their young men; they will show no mercy to babies; they will have no pity on children.
Jeremiah 9:21Death has slipped in through our windows; it has come into our fortresses. It has killed the children playing in the streets and the young people gathering in the town squares.
Amos 2:14Not even your fastest runners will escape; strong men will lose their strength. Even the greatest warrior will not be able to save 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 →