Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Even boys grow tired and weary, and young men collapse and fall,

New American Standard Bible

Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Youths may faint and grow weary,
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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Even the youths
נער 
Na`ar 
Usage: 239

יעף 
Ya`aph 
Usage: 9

and be weary
יגע 
Yaga` 
Usage: 26

and the young men
בּחר בּחוּר 
Bachuwr 
Usage: 46

References

American

Images Isaiah 40:30

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.

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