Isaiah 40:31

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְקוֹיֵ֤ יְהוָה֙ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ יַעֲל֥וּ אֵ֖בֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִ֑ים יָר֙וּצוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֔עוּ יֵלְכ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א יִיעָֽפוּ׃ פ

Transliteration

wěqôyê YHWH yaḥălîpû kōaḥ yaʿălû ʾēber kanněšārîm yārûṣû wělōʾ yîgāʿû yēlěkû wělōʾ yîʿāpû

Grammar Details

• *wěqôyê*: conjunction + qal participle, masculine plural construct - 'but those who wait for'
• *YHWH*: divine name - 'LORD'
• *yaḥălîpû*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'will renew'
• *kōaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - 'strength'
• *yaʿălû*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will mount up'
• *ʾēber*: noun, masculine singular - 'wing/pinion'
• *kanněšārîm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - 'like the eagles'
• *yārûṣû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will run'
• *wělōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - 'and not'
• *yîgāʿû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'grow weary'
• *yēlěkû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will walk'
• *yîʿāpû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'faint'

Word Meanings

• *qôyê*: those who wait for/those who hope in
• *yaḥălîpû*: will renew/will exchange
• *yaʿălû ʾēber*: will mount up with wings/will rise up with pinions
• *něšārîm*: eagles/large birds of prey
• *yārûṣû*: will run/will race
• *yîgāʿû*: grow weary/become exhausted
• *yēlěkû*: will walk/will go
• *yîʿāpû*: faint/tire

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 4:16 : 16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.
• Ps 103:5 : 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
• Lam 3:25-26 : 25 The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him. 26 [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he said unto me, ‹My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.› Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• Ps 27:13-14 : 13 [I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
• Gal 6:9 : 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• Heb 12:1 : 1 ¶ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
• 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 ¶ [We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
• Luke 18:1 : 1 ¶ And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.
• Ps 37:34 : 34 ¶ Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it].
• Exod 19:4 : 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and [how] I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
• Ps 138:3 : 3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, [and] strengthenedst me [with] strength in my soul.
• Rom 8:25 : 25 But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].
• Isa 30:18 : 18 ¶ And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.
• 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver [us];
• Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
• Isa 25:9 : 9 ¶ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this [is] our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this [is] the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
• Zech 10:12 : 12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
• Heb 12:3 : 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
• 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 ¶ Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
• Isa 8:17 : 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
• Ps 25:3 : 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
• Job 33:24-26 : 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
• Judg 16:28 : 28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
• Ps 123:2 : 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
• Ps 25:5 : 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art] the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
• Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
• Ps 40:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
• Rev 2:3 : 3 ‹And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.›
• Ps 92:1 : 1 ¶ A Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day. [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
• Ps 92:13 : 13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
• 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
• Song 8:5 : 5 ¶ Who [is] this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth [that] bare thee.
• Rev 4:7 : 7 And the first beast [was] like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast [was] like a flying eagle.