Isaiah 40:29–31
God gives strength to the weary; those who wait for him renew their strength
Study it word by word29He gives strength to the tired, and to him who has no vigor he increases power.
30Youths will grow tired and grow weary, and young men stumbling, will stumble;
31but those who wait for YHWH will renew their strength; they will go up with plumage like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not grow tired.
In its context
27Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from YHWH, and from my Elohim my right passes away”?
28Do you not know, or have you not heard? The eternal Elohim is YHWH, Creator of the ends of the earth; he does not grow tired nor weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
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Its words in the original
- נֹתֵןnoten· give, put, set
Give, in a very wide sense: hand over, put, place, grant, allow, make something be.
- יָּעֵףyaef· weary, faint
Exhausted, without strength from weariness or thirst.
- כֹּחַkoach· strength
Strength, power, vigor; also what the ground can produce. A word with the same letters names a large lizard.
- אוֹנִיםonim· strength; wealth
Vigor, strength to beget. Elsewhere, wealth.
- עָצְמָהatsma· might, strength
Might, great strength.
- יַרְבֶּהyarbe· multiply, increase
Become many, increase in number or amount; multiply. In the causative form, make many, do much.
- יִעֲפוּyiafu· be weary
Be weary, be left without strength from tiredness.
- נְעָרִיםnearim· young man, servant
Boy, young man; also a servant or attendant.
- יִגָעוּyigau· grow weary, toil
Grow weary, be tired from effort; also to toil, or to make another weary.
- בַחוּרִיםvachurim· young man
A young man in the prime of life.
- כָּשׁוֹלkashol· stumble
Stumble, stagger and fall.
- קוֹיֵkoye· gather; wait for
Gather together, collect in one place (said of the waters). In other passages the same verb means "wait for" with hope.
- יְהוָהyehva· YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
- יַחֲלִיפוּyachalifu· change, pass on
Change, replace one thing with another. In other passages, pass by, pass away, or renew (strength).
- יַעֲלוּyaalu· go up, offer up
Go up, ascend, climb. It is also used for "offering" a sacrifice (making it go up), and for coming up from Egypt.
- אֵבֶרever· wing, pinion
A wing, or the long feathers of the wing with which a bird flies.
- נְּשָׁרִיםnesharim· eagle, vulture
Eagle; it may also refer to another large bird of prey, such as the vulture.
- יָרוּצוּyarutsu· run
Run; as a noun, "runner", a guard or courier.
- יֵלְכוּyelchu· go, walk
Go, walk, depart; in the causative form, lead or bring.