11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 40:28
Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
Isaiah 40:28 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Have you not known? Have you not heard? The God of the age—YHWH, || Preparer of the ends of the earth, || Is not wearied nor fatigued, || There is no searching of His understanding.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The Lord is the eternal God, the Creator of the whole earth. He's never weak or tired; you can't find out all he knows.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age — Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding.
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? the Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not faint, nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| הֲל֨וֹא | hă·lō·w | Do you not | H3808 לֹא not |
| יָדַ֜עְתָּ | yā·ḏa‘·tā | know | H3045 יָדַע to know |
| אִם־ | ’im- | — | H518 אִם if |
| לֹ֣א | lō | Have you not | H3808 לֹא not |
| שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ | šā·ma‘·tā | heard | H8085 שָׁמַע to hear: hear |
| אֱלֹהֵ֨י | ’ĕ·lō·hê | God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| עוֹלָ֤ם׀ | ‘ō·w·lām | is the everlasting | H5769 עוֹלָם forever: enduring |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | The LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| בּוֹרֵא֙ | bō·w·rê | the Creator | H1254 בָּרָא to create |
| קְצ֣וֹת | qə·ṣō·wṯ | of the ends | H7098 קָצָה end |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | of the earth | H776 אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet |
| לֹ֥א | lō | He will not | H3808 לֹא not |
| יִיעַ֖ף | yî·‘ap̄ | grow tired | H3286 יָעֵף to faint |
| וְלֹ֣א | wə·lō | — | H3808 לֹא not |
| יִיגָ֑ע | yî·ḡā‘ | or weary | H3021 יָגֵעַ be weary/toil |
| אֵ֥ין | ’ên | is beyond | H369 אַ֫יִן nothing |
| חֵ֖קֶר | ḥê·qer | searching out | H2714 חֵ֫קֶר search |
| לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃ | liṯ·ḇū·nā·ṯōw | His understanding | H8394 תְּבוּנָה understanding |
Related verses
- Romans 11:33–34
Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
- Psalm 147:5
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
- 1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Isaiah 55:8–9
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Philippians 1:6
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
- Isaiah 40:21
Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?
- 1 Corinthians 2:16
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.
- Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
- Luke 24:25
He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
- Jeremiah 4:22
“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, Not one is lacking.
27 Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from Yahweh, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God?”
28 Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
30 Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
Read all of Isaiah 40 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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