Isaiah 40:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׂאוּ־מָר֨וֹם עֵינֵיכֶ֤ם וּרְאוּ֙ מִי־בָרָ֣א אֵ֔לֶּה הַמּוֹצִ֥יא בְמִסְפָּ֖ר צְבָאָ֑ם לְכֻלָּם֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יִקְרָ֔א מֵרֹ֤ב אוֹנִים֙ וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֔חַ אִ֖ישׁ לֹ֥א נֶעְדָּֽר׃ ס

Transliteration

śěʾû-mārôm ʿênêkem ûrěʾû mî-bārāʾ ʾēlleh hammôṣîʾ běmispār ṣěbāʾām lěkullām běšēm yiqrāʾ mērōb ʾônîm wěʾammîṣ kōaḥ ʾîš lōʾ neʿdār

Grammar Details

*śěʾû*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - 'lift up'
*mārôm*: adverb - 'on high'
*ʿênêkem*: noun, feminine dual with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'your eyes'
*ûrěʾû*: conjunction + qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - 'and see'
*mî-bārāʾ*: interrogative pronoun + qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'who created'
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, common plural - 'these'
*hammôṣîʾ*: definite article + hiphil participle, masculine singular - 'the one who brings out'
*běmispār*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - 'by number'
*ṣěbāʾām*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'their host'
*lěkullām*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'to all of them'
*běšēm*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - 'by name'
*yiqrāʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he calls'
*mērōb*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - 'because of greatness of'
*ʾônîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'strength'
*wěʾammîṣ*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular construct - 'and mighty of'
*kōaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - 'power'
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - 'man/one'
*lōʾ*: negative particle - 'not'
*neʿdār*: niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'is missing'

Word Meanings

*śěʾû-mārôm*: lift up on high/raise your eyes upward
*mî-bārāʾ*: who created/who has created
*hammôṣîʾ běmispār ṣěbāʾām*: who brings out their host by number/who leads out their army by count
*běšēm yiqrāʾ*: calls by name/summons by name
*mērōb ʾônîm wěʾammîṣ kōaḥ*: because of great strength and mighty power
*ʾîš lōʾ neʿdār*: not one is missing/not one fails

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Referenced Verses

Isa 51:6 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Isa 48:13 : 13 Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Jer 32:17-19 : 17 Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee, 18 who showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name; 19 great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
Col 1:16-17 : 16 for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; 17 and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
Ps 89:11-13 : 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name. 13 Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Ps 102:25 : 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Ps 147:4-5 : 4 He counteth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by [their] names. 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
Ps 148:3-6 : 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: Praise him, all ye stars of light. 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass away.
Isa 34:16 : 16 Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.
Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);
Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.
Jer 10:11-12 : 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens. 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:
Gen 2:1-2 : 1 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Deut 4:19 : 19 and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Job 31:26-28 : 26 If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness, 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
Ps 8:3-4 : 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Ps 19:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.

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