Isaiah 40:28

And now, hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

27For say not thou, O Jacob, and why hast thou spoken, Israel, saying, My way is hidden from God, and my God has taken away my judgment, and has departed?

29He gives strength to the hungry, and sorrow to them that are not suffering.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:33And Abraham planted a field at the well of the oath, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

1 Samuel 2:10The Lord will weaken his adversary; 1 The Lord is holy. 1 Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, 1 Nor let the mighty man boast in his strength, 1 And let not the rich man boast in his wealth; 1 But let him that boasts boast in this, 1 To understand and know the Lord, 1 And to execute judgment and justice in the midst of the earth. 1 The Lord has gone up to the heavens, and has thundered: 1 He will judge the extremities of the earth, 1 And he gives strength to our kings, 1 And will exalt the horn of his Christ. And she left him there before the Lord,

Psalms 90:2He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper and my refuge: 1 My God; I will hope in him. 1

Psalms 139:6The proud have hidden a snare for me, 1 And have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; 1 They set a stumbling block for me near the path. Pause. 1

Isaiah 40:21Will ye not know? will ye not hear? has it not been told you of old? Have ye not known the foundations of the earth?

Isaiah 55:8For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, saith the Lord.

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 →

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