Isaiah 46:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 71:18 : 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake{H8799)} me not; until I have shewed{H8686)} thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come{H8799)}.
Isa 43:13 : 13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Rom 11:29 : 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Heb 1:12 : 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, 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, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Ps 92:14 : 14 They shall still bring forth fruit{H8799)} in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Ps 48:14 : 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide{H8762)} even unto death.
Isa 41:4 : 4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, 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 will not remember thy sins.
Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Mal 2:16 : 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Mal 3:6 : 6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

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