Isaiah 46:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry [you]; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַד־זִקְנָה֙ אֲנִ֣י ה֔וּא וְעַד־שֵ‪[c]‬יבָ֖ה אֲנִ֣י אֶסְבֹּ֑ל אֲנִ֤י עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶשָּׂ֔א וַאֲנִ֥י אֶסְבֹּ֖ל וַאֲמַלֵּֽט׃

Transliteration

wə-until-ziqnâ ʾănî hûʾ wə-until-śêbâ ʾănî ʾesbōl; ʾănî ʿāśîtî wa-ʾănî ʾeśśāʾ wa-ʾănî ʾesbōl wa-ʾămallēṭ.

Grammar Details

*ziqnâ*: noun, feminine, singular - old age
*ʾănî*: personal pronoun, 1st singular - I
*hûʾ*: personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he/it
*śêbâ*: noun, feminine, singular - grey hair/old age
*ʾesbōl*: imperfect, 1st singular - I will carry/bear
*ʿāśîtî*: perfect, 1st singular - I have made/done
*ʾeśśāʾ*: imperfect, 1st singular - I will carry/bear/lift
*ʾămallēṭ*: imperfect, 1st singular, piel - I will deliver/rescue

Word Meanings

*ziqnâ*: old age/advanced years
*śêbâ*: grey hair/hoary head/old age
*ʾesbōl*: carry/bear/endure
*ʿāśîtî*: made/done/fashioned/created
*ʾeśśāʾ*: carry/bear/lift up/endure
*ʾămallēṭ*: deliver/rescue/save/cause to escape

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Referenced Verses

Ps 71:18 : 18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
Isa 43:13 : 13 Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
Rom 11:29 : 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.
Heb 1:12 : 12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
Ps 92:14 : 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:
Ps 48:14 : 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide [even] unto death.
Isa 41:4 : 4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.
Ps 102:26-27 : 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Isa 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.
Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and to-day, [yea] and for ever.
Mal 2:16 : 16 For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Mal 3:6 : 6 For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

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