Isaiah 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; His understanding is beyond searching out.
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ASV
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
KJV
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| הֲל֨וֹא | ha.Lo' | ¿ not | H3808 → |
| יָדַ֜עְתָּ | ya.Da'.ta | do you know | H3045 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | or? | H518 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ | sha.Ma'.ta | have you heard | H8085 → |
| אֱלֹהֵ֨י | 'e.lo.Hei | [is] a God of | H430 → |
| עוֹלָ֤ם׀ | o.Lam | perpetuity | H5769 → |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| בּוֹרֵא֙ | bo.Re' | [the one who] created | H1254 → |
| קְצ֣וֹת | ke.Tzot | [the] ends of | H7098 → |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the earth | H776 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| יִיעַ֖ף | yi.'Af | he grows weary | H3286 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| יִיגָ֑ע | yi.Ga' | he becomes weary | H3021 → |
| אֵ֥ין | 'ein | there not | H369 → |
| חֵ֖קֶר | Che.ker | [is] inquiry | H2714 → |
| לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃ | lit.vu.na.To | to understanding his | H8394 → |
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