The Meaning of Isaiah 40:28 Explained

Isaiah 40:28

KJV: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

YLT: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age -- Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding.

Darby: Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding.

ASV: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

Discover Isaiah 40:28

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 40:28?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 40:28 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 40:28 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 40:28?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Hast thou not known?  hast thou not heard,  [that] the everlasting  God,  the LORD,  the Creator  of the ends  of the earth,  fainteth  not, neither is weary?  [there is] no searching  of his understanding. 

What does Isaiah 40:28 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The people needed to open their eyes and ears to what they already knew about their God (cf. Isaiah 40:21). He is eternal, not bound to the present, as we are. He is Yahweh, the covenant-keeping God. He is the Creator of all the earth, not restricted to only one locale at a time. He does not grow tired, because He is omnipotent. He is inscrutable, because He is omniscient. He is unlimited by time, space, power, and understanding.
"Their God is such (eternal, Creator, untiring) that they need never doubt his capacity; he is also such (possessing unfathomable wisdom) that they must never expect to understand all his ways." [1]
"Everything that matters in life hangs on who God is." [2]

Context Summary

Isaiah 40:18-31 - The Everlasting God The Giver Of Strength
Day changes to night, and as the twilight deepens, the stars come out in their myriads, Isaiah 40:26. To the poetic eye of the watcher, they appear as a vast flock following the shepherd, who calls each by its name. Not one falls out of its place, or is lacking. Will Jehovah do so much for stars and nought for men? Will He not have a name for each? Will He not guard and guide each? If He has sustained the orbs of light in their mighty rounds, will He fail the poor soul that clings to His feet?
They that wait on God change their strength. In their earliest days they rely on the energy and vigor of youth, on their blameless, unstained character, in the consciousness of their glorious manhood; but as years pass, they come to count all these as refuse in comparison with Jesus Christ the Lord, Philippians 3:8. Notice the order in Isaiah 40:31! At first sight we should have expected that it would advance from walking to running, and so to flying. But that order is reversed. It is more difficult to walk than to mount! Every cyclist will tell you that the hardest task is to keep your cycle at walking pace. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 40

1  The promulgation of the Gospel
3  The preaching of John Baptist foretold
9  The preaching of the apostles foretold
12  The prophet, by the omnipotence of God
18  And his incomparableness
26  Comforts the people

What do the individual words in Isaiah 40:28 mean?

Have not you known lo not have you heard the God everlasting Yahweh the Creator of the ends of the earth neither faints nor is weary not is unsearchable His understanding
הֲל֨וֹא ؟ יָדַ֜עְתָּ אִם־ לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ אֱלֹהֵ֨י עוֹלָ֤ם ׀ יְהוָה֙ בּוֹרֵא֙ קְצ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א יִיעַ֖ף וְלֹ֣א ؟ יִיגָ֑ע אֵ֥ין חֵ֖קֶר לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ

הֲל֨וֹא  Have  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
؟ יָדַ֜עְתָּ  you  known 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
אִם־  lo 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ  have  you  heard 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
אֱלֹהֵ֨י  the  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
עוֹלָ֤ם ׀  everlasting 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
יְהוָה֙  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בּוֹרֵא֙  the  Creator 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: בָּרָא 
Sense: to create, shape, form.
קְצ֣וֹת  of  the  ends 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: קָצָה 
Sense: end, extremity.
הָאָ֔רֶץ  of  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
לֹ֥א  neither 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יִיעַ֖ף  faints 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָעֵף  
Sense: to be or grow weary, be fatigued, be faint.
וְלֹ֣א  nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
؟ יִיגָ֑ע  is  weary 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָגַע  
Sense: to toil, labour, grow weary, be weary.
חֵ֖קֶר  is  unsearchable 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֵקֶר  
Sense: a search, investigation, searching, enquiry, thing to be searched out.
לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ  His  understanding 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: תְּבוּנָה 
Sense: understanding, intelligence.

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