Isaiah 40:31
But, they who wait for Yahweh, shall renew their strength, They shall mount on strong pinion like eagles,—They shall run and not grow weary, They shall walk and not faint.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
30Youths both faint and grow weary, And, young warriors—they fall, they fall;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:25Iron and bronze, be thy sandals, And, as thy days, be thy strength.
Judges 16:28So then Samson cried unto Yahweh, and said,—My Lord Yahweh! remember me, I pray thee,—and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be avenged, with one avenging, for my two eyes, upon the Philistines.
Job 33:24Then hath he shewed him favour, and said, Set him free from going down to the pit, I have found a price of redemption!
Psalms 25:3Yea let, none who wait for thee, be put to shame, Let them be put to shame who act covertly without cause!
Psalms 25:21Let, blamelessness and uprightness, watch over me, because I have waited for thee.
Psalms 37:34Wait for Yahweh, and observe thou his path, that he may exalt thee, to inherit the earth, On the cutting off of the lawless, shalt thou look.
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 →