Isaiah 40:28
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
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?
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 men shall utterly fall:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
- ASV
- Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
- DARBY
- Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding.
- BLB
- Have you not known? Or have you not heard? God everlasting [is] YHWH, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint and He does not grow weary; [there is] no searching out of His understanding.
- ÅB
- Vet du det ikke, eller har du ikke hørt det? Herren er en evig Gud, den som har skapt jordens ender; han blir ikke trett, og han blir ikke mødig; hans forstand er uransakelig.
- OTB
- Vet dere ikke? Har dere ikke hørt? Herren er den evige Gud, Skaperen av jordens ender. Han blir ikke trett eller sliten, og Hans forståelse er utenfor menneskelig rekkevidde.
- B1930
- Vet du det ikke, eller har du ikke hørt det? Herren er en evig Gud, den som har skapt jordens ender; han blir ikke trett, og han blir ikke mødig; hans forstand er uransakelig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 11:33–34
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Read in contextPsalms 147:5
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:17
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:8–9
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Read in contextIsaiah 40:21
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:16
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Read in contextLuke 24:25
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
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