Text -- Isaiah 57:10 (NET)

57:10 Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say, ‘I give up.’ You get renewed energy, so you don’t collapse.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 57:10

¹ tn Heb “by the greatness [i.e., “length,” see BDB 914 s.v. רֹב 2] of your way you get tired.”

² tn Heb “it is hopeless” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); NRSV “It is useless.”

³ tn Heb “the life of your hand you find.” The term חַיָּה (khayyah, “life”) is here used in the sense of “renewal” (see BDB 312 s.v.) while יָד (yad) is used of “strength.”

⁴ tn Heb “you do not grow weak.”