Isaiah 40:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Jer 32:17-19 : 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: 18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine 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 by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Ps 89:11-13 : 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded{H8804)} them. 12 The north and the south thou hast created{H8804)} them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice{H8762)} in thy name. 13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong{H8799)} is thy hand, and high{H8799)} is thy right hand.
Ps 102:25 : 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Ps 147:4-5 : 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and of great 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 be above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
Isa 34:16 : 16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, 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 the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth 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 the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do 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, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Gen 2:1-2 : 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended 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, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Job 31:26-28 : 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: 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 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

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