Isaiah 40:31 — Parallel Bible Study & Exegesis
Isaiah 40:31 promises miraculous spiritual and physical revitalisation: those who patiently wait upon Yahweh will exchange their finite human weakness for divine strength, mounting up with wings like eagles.
Isaiah 40:31 Side-by-Side Parallel Translations
“But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.”
“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.”
“but those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.”
וְקוֹיֵ יְהוָה יַחֲלִיפוּ כֹחַ יַעֲלוּ אֵבֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִים יָרוּצוּ וְלֹא יִיגָעוּ יֵלְכוּ וְלֹא יִיעָפוּ׃
“Na wɔn a wɔtwɛn Awurade no bɛnya ahoɔden foforɔ, wɔbɛforo soro sɛ akɔdeɛ, wɔbɛtu mmirika na wɔrenbrɛ, wɔbɛnante na wɔrentɔ piti.”
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance Word Study
Qavah (H6960 — To wait with patient hope, entwine oneself with), Chalaph (H2498 — To exchange, sprout anew), Koach (H3581 — Robust vigor/strength), Nesher (H5404 — Eagle soaring effortlessly on thermal wind).