Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Even boys grow tired and weary, and young men collapse and fall,
New American Standard Bible
And vigorous
King James Version
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Holman Bible
and young men stumble and fall,
A Conservative Version
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall.
American Standard Version
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Amplified
Even youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,
Bible in Basic English
Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;
Darby Translation
Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
Julia Smith Translation
And the boys shall be faint and weary, and the young men faltering, shall become feeble
King James 2000
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Even young people will be faint and grow weary, and [the] young will stumble, exhausted.
Modern King James verseion
Even the young shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Children are weary and faint, and the strongest men fall:
NET Bible
Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble.
New Heart English Bible
Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
The Emphasized Bible
Youths both faint and grow weary, And, young warriors - they fall, they fall;
Webster
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
World English Bible
Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
Youngs Literal Translation
Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,
Interlinear
Na`ar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
29 He's the one who gives might to the faint, renewing strength for the powerless. 30 Even boys grow tired and weary, and young men collapse and fall, 31 but those who keep waiting for the LORD will renew their strength. Then they'll soar on wings like eagles; they'll run and not grow weary; they'll walk and not grow tired."
Cross References
Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord does not have pity on their young men, and has no compassion on their orphans and widows, because each of them was godless and an evildoer, and every mouth spoke folly. "Yet for all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I considered and observed on earth the following: The race doesn't go to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor food to the wise, nor wealth to the smart, nor recognition to the skilled. Instead, timing and circumstances meet them all.
Psalm 33:16
A king is not saved by a large army; a mighty soldier is not delivered by his great strength.
Psalm 34:10
Young lions lack and go hungry, but those who seek the LORD will never lack any good thing.
Psalm 39:5
Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude
Isaiah 13:18
Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; they'll show no pity on those not yet born, and their eyes will not spare children.
Jeremiah 6:11
I'm full of the wrath of the LORD, and I'm tired of holding it back. Pour it out on the children in the street and on the groups of young men gathered together. Indeed, both husband and wife will be caught in it, the old and the very old.
Jeremiah 9:21
For death comes up through our windows; it has come into our palaces to eliminate children from the streets and young men from the town squares.
Amos 2:14
So the swift runner will not escape, the valiant will not fortify his strength, and the mighty warrior will not save his life.