Isaiah 40:31
but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
30Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:25Your bars will be iron and bronze. As your days, so your strength will be.
Judges 16:28Samson called to the LORD, and said, “Lord GOD, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”
Job 33:24then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
Psalms 25:3Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
Psalms 37:34Wait for the LORD, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
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 →