Isaiah 40:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Ps 33:16 : 16 A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.
  • Isa 13:18 : 18 In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.
  • Amos 2:14 : 14 And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.
  • Isa 9:17 : 17 For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Ps 34:10 : 10 The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
  • Jer 6:11 : 11 For this reason I am full of the wrath of the Lord, I am tired of keeping it in: may it be let loose on the children in the street, and on the band of the young men together: for even the husband with his wife will be taken, the old man with him who is full of days.
  • Jer 9:21 : 21 For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.

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