Isaiah 40:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.

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  • Ps 147:5 : 5 Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom.
  • Rom 11:33-34 : 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out. 34 Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?
  • John 5:17 : 17 But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.
  • Acts 13:47 : 47 For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
  • Rom 16:26 : 26 But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
  • 1 Cor 2:16 : 16 For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.
  • 1 Cor 6:3-5 : 3 Is it not certain that we are to be the judges of angels? how much more then of the things of this life? 4 If then there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church? 5 I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?
  • 1 Cor 6:19 : 19 Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;
  • Isa 40:21 : 21 Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?
  • Ps 138:8 : 8 The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal; do not give up the works of your hands.
  • Gen 21:33 : 33 And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath.
  • Mark 8:17-18 : 17 And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard? 18 Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?
  • Mark 9:19 : 19 And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.
  • Mark 16:14 : 14 And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.
  • Luke 24:25 : 25 And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
  • Isa 59:1 : 1 Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:
  • Deut 33:27 : 27 The God of your fathers is your safe resting-place, and under you are his eternal arms: driving out the forces of your haters from before you, he said, Let destruction overtake them.
  • 1 Sam 2:10 : 10 Those who make war against the Lord will be broken; against them he will send his thunder from heaven: the Lord will be judge of the ends of the earth, he will give strength to his king, lifting up the horn of him on whom the holy oil has been put.
  • Ps 90:2 : 2 Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.
  • Ps 139:6 : 6 Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.
  • Isa 45:22 : 22 Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
  • Phil 1:6 : 6 For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
  • 1 Cor 6:16 : 16 Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.
  • John 14:9 : 9 Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?
  • Isa 66:9 : 9 Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God.

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  • Isa 40:29-31
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    29 He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.

    30 Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;

    31 But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.

  • Isa 40:21-22
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    21 Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?

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  • Isa 40:26-27
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    26 Let your eyes be lifted up on high, and see: who has made these? He who sends out their numbered army: who has knowledge of all their names: by whose great strength, because he is strong in power, all of them are in their places.

    27 Why do you say, O Jacob, such words as these, O Israel, The Lord's eyes are not on my way, and my God gives no attention to my cause?

  • Isa 42:4-5
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    4 His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.

    5 God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

  • 5 Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

  • 2 Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.

  • 4 Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.

  • 15 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:

  • 17 Ah Lord God! see, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm, and there is nothing you are not able to do:

  • 13 For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.

  • Isa 57:10-11
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    10 You were tired with your long journeys; but you did not say, There is no hope: you got new strength, and so you were not feeble.

    11 And of whom were you in fear, so that you were false, and did not keep me in mind, or give thought to it? Have I not been quiet, keeping myself secret, and so you were not in fear of me?

  • 12 In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?

  • 8 Have no fear, be strong in heart; have I not made it clear to you in the past, and let you see it? and you are my witnesses. Is there any God but me, or a Rock of whom I have no knowledge?

  • 1 Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:

  • 4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

  • 13 And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?

  • 22 But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.

  • 18 Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.

  • 12 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

  • 12 To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.

  • 4 Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

  • 4 Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.

  • 18 For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

  • 6 The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:

  • 25 In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

  • 5 I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me:

  • 27 There is no weariness among them, and no man is feeble-footed: they come without resting or sleeping, and the cord of their shoes is not broken.

  • 27 But you are the unchanging One, and your years will have no end.

  • 18 Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?

  • Ps 121:3-4
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    3 May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.

    4 See, the eyes of Israel's keeper will not be shut in sleep.

  • 12 Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.

  • 4 Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.

  • 8 The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.

  • 32 God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.

  • 5 He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;

  • 10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.

  • 8 O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.

  • 9 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.

  • 22 Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.

  • 26 My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.

  • 4 And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.

  • 1 The word of the Lord about Israel. The Lord by whom the heavens are stretched out and the bases of the earth put in place, and the spirit of man formed inside him, has said:

  • 9 Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done this?