Isaiah 40:31
but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:25Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Judges 16:28And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember member me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Job 33:24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.
Psalms 25:3Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.
Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on thee.
Psalms 37:34Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt 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 →