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Isaiah 40:30

ExhaustionStrength and help in weaknessYouth

28 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.

29 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.

31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

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BSB
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
KJV
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
WEB
Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
ASV
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
DARBY
Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
BLB
Even youths will faint and grow weary, and young men will stumble and fall;
ÅB
Gutter blir trette og mødige, og unge menn snubler.
OTB
Selv unge blir trette og slitne, og kraftige unge menn snubler og faller;
B1930
Gutter blir trette og mødige, og unge menn snubler.

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  • Amos 2:14

    Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

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  • Psalms 34:10

    Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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  • Psalms 33:16

    No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:11

    I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.

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  • Isaiah 9:17

    Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

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  • Isaiah 13:18

    Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

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