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Isaiah 40:28

NETBible	Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is an eternal God, the creator of the whole earth.¹ He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.²
NIV © biblegateway Isa 40:28	Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no-one can fathom.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 40:28	Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.
NLT © biblegateway Isa 40:28	Have you never heard or understood? Don’t you know that the LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth? He never grows faint or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
MSG © biblegateway Isa 40:28	Don't you know anything? Haven't you been listening? GOD doesn't come and go. God lasts. He's Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn't get tired out, doesn't pause to catch his breath. And he knows everything, inside and out.
BBE © SABDAweb Isa 40:28	Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.
NRSV © bibleoremus Isa 40:28	Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
NKJV © biblegateway Isa 40:28	Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
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KJV	Hast thou not known <03045> (8804)_? hast thou not heard <08085> (8804)_, [that] the everlasting <05769> God <0430>_, the LORD <03068>_, the Creator <01254> (8802) of the ends <07098> of the earth <0776>_, fainteth <03286> (8799) not, neither is weary <03021> (8799)_? [there is] no searching <02714> of his understanding <08394>_.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 40:28	Do you not know <03045> ? Have you not heard <08085> ? The Everlasting <05769> God <0430> , the LORD <03068> , the Creator <01254> of the ends <07098> of the earth <0776> Does not become <03286> weary <03286> or tired <03021> . His understanding <08394> is inscrutable <0369> <2714 >.
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ nun <3568> ADV ouk <3364> ADV egnwv <1097> V-AAI-2S ei <1487> CONJ mh <3165> ADV hkousav <191> V-AAI-2S yeov <2316> N-NSM aiwniov <166> A-NSM o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM kataskeuasav <2680> V-AAPNS ta <3588> T-APN akra {A-APN} thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF ou <3364> ADV peinasei <3983> V-FAI-3S oude <3761> CONJ kopiasei <2872> V-FAI-3S oude <3761> CONJ estin <1510> V-PAI-3S exeuresiv {N-NSF} thv <3588> T-GSF fronhsewv <5428> N-GSF autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	Do you not <03808> know <03045> ? Have you not <03808> heard <08085> ? The Lord <03068> is an eternal <05769> God <0430> , the creator <07098> of the whole earth <0776> . He does not <03808> get tired <03286> or <03808> weary <03021> ; there is no <0369> limit <02714> to his wisdom <08394> .
HEBREW	wtnwbtl <08394> rqx <02714> Nya <0369> egyy <03021> alw <03808> Peyy <03286> al <03808> Urah <0776> twuq <07098> arwb <01254> hwhy <03068> Mlwe <05769> yhla <0430> tems <08085> al <03808> Ma <0518> tedy <03045> awlh (40:28) <03808>

NETBible

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is an eternal God, the creator of the whole earth.¹ He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “the ends of the earth,” but this is a merism, where the earth’s extremities stand for its entirety, i.e., the extremities and everything in between them.

²sn Exiled Israel’s complaint (v. 27) implies that God might be limited in some way. Perhaps he, like so many of the pagan gods, has died. Or perhaps his jurisdiction is limited to Judah and does not include Babylon. Maybe he is unable to devise an adequate plan to rescue his people, or is unable to execute it. But v. 28 affirms that he is not limited temporally or spatially nor is his power and wisdom restricted in any way. He can and will deliver his people, if they respond in hopeful faith (v. 31a).