Parallel Verses

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,

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:

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 gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. 30 Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,
31 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Cross References

Isaiah 9:17

Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men, and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is godless and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.

Psalm 33:16

The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

Psalm 34:10

The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Psalm 39:5

Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

Isaiah 13:18

Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.

Jeremiah 6:11

Therefore I am full of the wrath of the LORD; I am weary of holding it in. "Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the gatherings of young men, also; both husband and wife shall be taken, the elderly and the very aged.

Jeremiah 9:21

For death has come up into our windows; it has entered our palaces, cutting off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares.

Amos 2:14

Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;

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