Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble.
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,
International Standard Version
Even boys grow tired and weary, and young men collapse 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:
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 gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy. 30 Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble. 31 But those who wait for the Lord's help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles' wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:17
So the sovereign master was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge -- for time and chance may overcome them all.
Psalm 33:16
No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.
Psalm 34:10
Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Psalm 39:5
Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
Isaiah 13:18
Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person's offspring, they will not look with pity on children.
Jeremiah 6:11
I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, I am tired of trying to hold it in." The Lord answered, "Vent it, then, on the children who play in the street and on the young men who are gathered together. Husbands and wives are to be included, as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.
Jeremiah 9:21
Death has climbed in through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.'
Amos 2:14
Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.