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Isaiah 40:30

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Youths, both faint and grow weary, And, young warriors—they fall, they fall;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— You shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Euen the yong men shall faint, and be wearie, and the yong men shall stumble and fall.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Euen the youths shall faint, and be weary, and the yong men shall vtterly fall.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall helplessly stumble;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For the young [men] shall hunger, and the youths shall be weary, and the choice [men] shall be powerless:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Even the youths 5288
{5288} Prime
נַעַר
na`ar
{nah'-ar}
From H5287; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication a servant; also (by interchange of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age).
shall faint 3286
{3286} Prime
יָעַף
ya`aph
{yaw-af'}
A primitive root; to tire (as if from wearisome flight).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
and be weary, 3021
{3021} Prime
יָגַע
yaga`
{yaw-gah'}
A primitive root; properly to gasp; hence to be exhausted, to tire, to toil.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
and the young men 970
{0970} Prime
בָּחוּר
bachuwr
{baw-khoor'}
Participle passive of H0977; properly selected, that is, a youth (often collectively).
shall utterly y3782
[3782] Standard
כָּשַׁל
kashal
{kaw-shal'}
A primitive root; to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication to falter, stumble, faint or fall.
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
fall: 3782
{3782} Prime
כָּשַׁל
kashal
{kaw-shal'}
A primitive root; to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication to falter, stumble, faint or fall.
z8735
<8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Isaiah 40:30

_ _ young men — literally, “those selected”; men picked out on account of their youthful vigor for an enterprise.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Isaiah 40:27-31.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 40:30

The youths — The youngest and strongest men, left to themselves.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Isaiah 40:30

(f) Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

(f) They who trust in their own virtue, and do not acknowledge that all comes from God.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Isaiah 9:17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one [is] an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.
Isaiah 13:18 [Their] bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
Psalms 33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].
Psalms 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Amos 2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
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Ps 33:16; 34:10; 39:5. Ec 9:11. Is 9:17; 13:18. Am 2:14.

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