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Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/40.htm">New Living Translation</a> Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. <a href="/esv/isaiah/40.htm">English Standard Version</a> Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/40.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/40.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/40.htm">New King James Version</a> Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/40.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is unsearchable. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/40.htm">NASB 1995</a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/40.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/40.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is unsearchable. <a href="/amp/isaiah/40.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become tired or grow weary; There is no searching of His understanding. <a href="/csb/isaiah/40.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth. He never becomes faint or weary; there is no limit to his understanding. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? Yahweh is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth. He never grows faint or weary; there is no limit to His understanding. <a href="/asv/isaiah/40.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/isaiah/40.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The LORD is the eternal God, Creator of the earth. He never gets weary or tired; his wisdom cannot be measured. <a href="/erv/isaiah/40.htm">English Revised Version</a> Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? 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. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/40.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The eternal God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn't grow tired or become weary. His understanding is beyond reach. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/40.htm">Good News Translation</a> Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The LORD is the everlasting God; he created all the world. He never grows tired or weary. No one understands his thoughts. <a href="/isv/isaiah/40.htm">International Standard Version</a> Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The LORD is the eternal God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not grow tired or weary; and his understanding cannot be fathomed. <a href="/msb/isaiah/40.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out. <a href="/net/isaiah/40.htm">NET Bible</a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is an eternal God, the creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/40.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And now, haven't you known? Haven't you heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the farthest parts of the earth, doesn't faint. He isn't weary. His understanding is unsearchable. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/isaiah/40.htm">World English Bible</a> Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/40.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Have you not known? Have you not heard? The God of the age—YHWH, "" Preparer of the ends of the earth, "" Is not wearied nor fatigued, "" There is no searching of His understanding. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/isaiah/40.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Didst thou not know? heardest thou not the eternal God, Jehovah, creating the extremities of the earth, will not faint, and will not be weary? no searching to his understanding.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? the Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not faint, nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/40.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Do you not know, or have you not heard? The Lord is the eternal God, who has created the limits of the earth. He does not diminish, and he does not struggle. Neither is his wisdom searchable. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/40.htm">New American Bible</a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is God from of old, creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary, and his knowledge is beyond scrutiny. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/40.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/40.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Have you not known, have you not heard, that God is the LORD for ever, who has created the ends of the earth? that he does not faint, neither is weary? and that there is no searching of his understanding? <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/40.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Have you not known and have you not heard, that God to eternity is LORD JEHOVAH, who created the ends of The Earth? He is not weary and is not fatigued by labor, and there is no searching of his understanding!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/40.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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? His discernment is past searching out. <a href="/sep/isaiah/40.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And now, hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/40-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=8723" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/40.htm">Here is Your God!</a> …27Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”? 28<a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: hă·lō·w (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Do you not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know?</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Have you not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·ma‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">heard?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">is the everlasting</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1254.htm" title="1254: bō·w·rê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To create, to cut down, select, feed. A primitive root; to create; to cut down, select, feed.">the Creator</a> <a href="/hebrew/7098.htm" title="7098: qə·ṣō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- An end. Feminine of qatseh; a termination.">of the ends</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">He will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3286.htm" title="3286: yî·‘ap̄ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be weary, faint. A primitive root; to tire.">grow tired</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3021.htm" title="3021: yî·ḡā‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To toil, grow or be weary. A primitive root; properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil.">or weary;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8394.htm" title="8394: liṯ·ḇū·nā·ṯōw (Prep-l:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- An understanding. And tbuwnah; or towbunah; from biyn; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice.">His understanding</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">is beyond</a> <a href="/hebrew/2714.htm" title="2714: ḥê·qer (N-ms) -- A searching, a thing (to be) searched out. From chaqar; examination, enumeration, deliberation.">searching out.</a> 29He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/147-5.htm">Psalm 147:5</a> Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit. <a href="/job/36-26.htm">Job 36:26</a> Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable. <a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33</a> O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! <a href="/jeremiah/32-17.htm">Jeremiah 32:17</a> “Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You! <a href="/psalms/121-4.htm">Psalm 121:4</a> Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. <a href="/genesis/1-1.htm">Genesis 1:1</a> In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. <a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Colossians 1:16-17</a> For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. / He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. <a href="/nehemiah/9-6.htm">Nehemiah 9:6</a> You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You. <a href="/psalms/139-6.htm">Psalm 139:6</a> Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. <a href="/1_timothy/1-17.htm">1 Timothy 1:17</a> Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. <a href="/psalms/90-2.htm">Psalm 90:2</a> Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God. <a href="/acts/17-24.htm">Acts 17:24-25</a> The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. / Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. <a href="/job/11-7.htm">Job 11:7-9</a> Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? / They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? / Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. <a href="/revelation/4-11.htm">Revelation 4:11</a> “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.” <a href="/psalms/145-3.htm">Psalm 145:3</a> Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Have you not known? have you not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.thou hast known<a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Jeremiah 4:22</a> For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.<a href="/mark/8-17.htm">Mark 8:17,18</a> And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? … <a href="/mark/9-19.htm">Mark 9:19</a> He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.the everlasting<a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Isaiah 57:15</a> For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.<a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Genesis 21:33</a> And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.<a href="/deuteronomy/33-27.htm">Deuteronomy 33:27</a> The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.the ends<a href="/isaiah/45-22.htm">Isaiah 45:22</a> Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.<a href="/isaiah/59-1.htm">Isaiah 59:1</a> Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:<a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm">1 Samuel 2:10</a> The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.fainteth<a href="/isaiah/66-9.htm">Isaiah 66:9</a> Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.<a href="/psalms/138-8.htm">Psalm 138:8</a> The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.<a href="/john/5-17.htm">John 5:17</a> But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.no searching<a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8,9</a> For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD… <a href="/psalms/139-6.htm">Psalm 139:6</a> Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.<a href="/psalms/147-5.htm">Psalm 147:5</a> Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-1.htm">Creator</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-14.htm">Discernment</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-21.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-15.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-8.htm">Faint</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Fainteth</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Fathom</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-3.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Grow</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-21.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-16.htm">Maker</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Past</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-9.htm">Searching</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-12.htm">Tired</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-14.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-3.htm">Unsearchable</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Weary</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-6.htm">Wisdom</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">Creator</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-15.htm">Discernment</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-2.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-5.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-17.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-29.htm">Faint</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-31.htm">Fainteth</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/13-2.htm">Fathom</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-29.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-30.htm">Grow</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-26.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">Maker</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-22.htm">Past</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-1.htm">Searching</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-30.htm">Tired</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-19.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-3.htm">Unsearchable</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-29.htm">Weary</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-18.htm">Wisdom</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 40</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/40-1.htm">The promulgation of the Gospel</a> 3. <a href="/isaiah/40-3.htm">The preaching of John Baptist foretold</a> 9. <a href="/isaiah/40-9.htm">The preaching of the apostles foretold</a> 12. <a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">The prophet, by the omnipotence of God</a> 18. <a href="/isaiah/40-18.htm">And his incomparableness</a> 26. <a href="/isaiah/40-26.htm">Comforts the people.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/isaiah/40.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>Do you not know? This phrase serves as a rhetorical question, emphasizing the expectation that the audience should already be aware of the truth being presented. In Hebrew, the word for "know" is "yada," which implies an intimate, experiential knowledge. This suggests that the knowledge of God’s nature is not just intellectual but deeply personal and relational, rooted in the covenant relationship between God and His people.Have you not heard? The Hebrew word for "heard" is "shama," which means to listen with attention and obedience. This phrase underscores the importance of being attentive to God’s revelation. Historically, the Israelites were a people of oral tradition, where hearing was a primary means of learning and understanding God’s laws and promises. This question challenges the audience to recall the teachings and proclamations about God that have been passed down through generations.The LORD is the everlasting God The term "LORD" is translated from "Yahweh," the personal name of God, which signifies His eternal, self-existent nature. "Everlasting" comes from the Hebrew word "olam," indicating perpetuity and timelessness. This phrase affirms God’s unchanging and eternal nature, contrasting the temporal and finite nature of human existence. It reassures believers of God’s constant presence and faithfulness throughout all ages.the Creator of the ends of the earth "Creator" is derived from the Hebrew "bara," which means to create or bring into existence something new. This highlights God’s sovereign power and authority over all creation. "Ends of the earth" signifies the entirety of the world, emphasizing that there is no part of creation outside of God’s dominion. This phrase serves as a reminder of God’s omnipotence and His role as the ultimate source of life and order in the universe.He will not grow tired or weary The words "tired" and "weary" in Hebrew are "ya'ef" and "yaga," respectively, both conveying physical exhaustion. This statement contrasts human limitations with God’s infinite strength and vitality. It reassures believers that God’s power and energy are inexhaustible, and He is always capable of sustaining and supporting His creation without faltering.His understanding is beyond searching out The Hebrew word for "understanding" is "tebunah," which encompasses wisdom, insight, and discernment. "Beyond searching out" suggests that God’s wisdom is unfathomable and beyond human comprehension. This phrase invites believers to trust in God’s perfect wisdom and divine plan, even when it surpasses human understanding. It encourages humility and faith in God’s superior knowledge and purpose.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/40.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) Hast thou not known? . . .--The questions are parallel to those of <a href="/isaiah/40-21.htm" title="Have you not known? have you not heard? has it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?">Isaiah 40:21</a>, but are addressed to the Israel of God, rather than, as those were, to mankind.The Creator of the ends of the earth.--The word emphasises the thought that the whole earth, from the Euphrates to the "islands" of the sea, is subject to the power of the Eternal.Fainteth not, neither is weary? . . .--Had Isaiah learnt to feel that even his own phrase as to men "wearying God" (<a href="/isaiah/7-13.htm" title="And he said, Hear you now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?">Isaiah 7:13</a>) was too boldly anthropomorphic, and might, therefore, be misleading?No searching of his understanding.--The words come, like so many others like it, from Job (<a href="/isaiah/5-9.htm" title="In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.">Isaiah 5:9</a>; <a href="/isaiah/9-10.htm" title="The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.">Isaiah 9:10</a>), and must have been in St. Paul's mind as he wrote <a href="/romans/11-33.htm" title="O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!">Romans 11:33</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/40.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 28. - Hast thou not known? Complaining Israel is bidden to stay itself upon God, as (1) everlasting; (2) the Creator; (3) unwearied; . . . <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/40-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Do you not הֲל֨וֹא (hă·lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no know? יָדַ֜עְתָּ (yā·ḏa‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know Have you not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no heard? שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ (šā·ma‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently The LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel is the everlasting עוֹלָ֤ם ׀ (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always God, אֱלֹהֵ֨י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative the Creator בּוֹרֵא֙ (bō·w·rê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1254.htm">Strong's 1254: </a> To create, to cut down, select, feed of the ends קְצ֣וֹת (qə·ṣō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7098.htm">Strong's 7098: </a> A termination of the earth. הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land He will never לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no grow faint יִיעַ֖ף (yî·‘ap̄) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3286.htm">Strong's 3286: </a> To be weary, faint or weary; יִיגָ֑ע (yî·ḡā‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3021.htm">Strong's 3021: </a> To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil His understanding לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃ (liṯ·ḇū·nā·ṯōw) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8394.htm">Strong's 8394: </a> Intelligence, an argument, caprice is beyond אֵ֥ין (’ên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle searching out. חֵ֖קֶר (ḥê·qer) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2714.htm">Strong's 2714: </a> A searching, a thing (to be) searched out <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 40:28 Haven't you known? 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