Isaiah 40:30
Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
In Context
29He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might.
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:10and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor),
Psalms 34:10Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,
Ecclesiastes 9:11I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift [is] the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.
Isaiah 13:18And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.
Jeremiah 9:21For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.
Amos 2:14And perished hath refuge from the swift, And the strong strengtheneth not his power, And the mighty delivereth not his soul.
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 →