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Isaiah 40

Isa. 40:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hast thou not known
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
? hast thou not heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
, that the everlasting
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, the Creator
bara' (Hebrew #1254)
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
KJV usage: choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Pronounce: baw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
of the ends
qatsah (Hebrew #7098)
a termination (used like 7097)
KJV usage: coast, corner, (selv-)edge, lowest, (uttermost) participle
Pronounce: kaw-tsaw'
Origin: feminine of 7097
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, fainteth
ya`aph (Hebrew #3286)
to tire (as if from wearisome flight)
KJV usage: faint, cause to fly, (be) weary (self).
Pronounce: yaw-af'
Origin: a primitive root
nota, neither is weary
yaga` (Hebrew #3021)
properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
KJV usage: faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.
Pronounce: yaw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
? thereb is no searching
cheqer (Hebrew #2714)
examination, enumeration, deliberation
KJV usage: finding out, number, (un-)search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).
Pronounce: khay'-ker
Origin: from 2713
of his understanding
tabuwn (Hebrew #8394)
or towbunah {to-boo-naw'}; from 995; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
KJV usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: taw-boon'
Origin: and (feminine) tbuwnah {teb-oo-naw'}
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Isa. 59:1• 1Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor his ear heavy that it cannot hear; (Isa. 59:1)
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Psa. 147:5• 5Great [is] our Lord, and of much power;{HR}His understanding [is] infinite. (Psa. 147:5)
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Rom. 11:33• 33O depth of God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! how unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways! (Rom. 11:33)

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thou not known.
Jer. 4:22• 22{i}For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.{/i} (Jer. 4:22)
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Mark 8:17‑18• 17{i}And Jesus knowing [it], says to them,{/i} Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Perceive ye not yet, neither understand? Have ye your heart [yet] hardened?
 18{i}Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?{/i} (Mark 8:17‑18)
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Mark 9:19• 19And answering them he saith, O unbelieving generation! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring him unto me. (Mark 9:19)
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Mark 16:14• 14Afterwards he was manifested to the eleven as they lay at table, and reproached them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him risen. (Mark 16:14)
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Luke 24:25• 25And he said to them, O senseless and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! (Luke 24:25)
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John 14:9• 9Jesus saith to him, Am I so long a time with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; [and] how sayest thou, Show us the Father? (John 14:9)
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1 Cor. 6:3‑5,9• 3And if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of the least judgments? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? much more things of this life.
 4If then ye have judgments in things of this life, set up those who are of no esteem in the assembly.
 5I speak to your shame. Thus, there is not among you one wise [man] who shall be able to decide among brethren!
 9What! know ye not that unjust [men] shall not inherit God's kingdom? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers of themselves as women, nor abusers of themselves with men, (1 Cor. 6:3‑5,9)
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1 Cor. 6:16,19• 16What! know ye not that he that is joined to the harlot is one body? For, saith he, the two [shall be] one flesh.
 19What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit that [is] in you, and that ye are not your own? (1 Cor. 6:16,19)
the everlasting.
Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)
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Gen. 21:33• 33And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah God everlasting. (Gen. 21:33)
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Deut. 33:27• 27The God of ages is a refuge,{HR}And underneath the everlasting arms;{HR}And he shall drive away the enemy from thy presence,{HR}And say, Destroy! (Deut. 33:27)
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Jer. 10:10• 10{i}But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.{/i} (Jer. 10:10)
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Rom. 16:26• 26but now manifested and by prophetic scriptures, according to the eternal God's command, made known for obedience of faith unto all the Gentiles, (Rom. 16:26)
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1 Tim. 1:17• 17Now to him who is King of the ages, incorruptible, invisible, only God, [be] honour and glory unto the ages of ages. Amen. (1 Tim. 1:17)
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Heb. 9:14• 14by how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by [the] eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve a living God? (Heb. 9:14)
the ends.
Isa. 45:22• 22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:22)
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Isa. 59:1• 1Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor his ear heavy that it cannot hear; (Isa. 59:1)
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1 Sam. 2:10• 10The adversaries of Jehovah shall be broken to pieces;{HR}Out of heaven shall He thunder upon them:{HR}Jehovah shall judge the ends of the earth;{HR}And He shall give strength unto his king,{HR}And exalt the horn of His anointed. (1 Sam. 2:10)
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Acts 13:47• 47For thus hath the Lord enjoined us, I have set thee for a light of Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost parts of the earth. (Acts 13:47)
fainteth.
Isa. 66:9• 9Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut [the womb]? saith thy God. (Isa. 66:9)
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Psa. 138:8• 8Jehovah will perfect as to me:{HR}Jehovah, thy mercy [is] forever;{HR}Forsake not the works of thy hands. (Psa. 138:8)
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John 5:17• 17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. (John 5:17)
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Phil. 1:6• 6being confident of this very thing, that he who began in you a good work will complete [it] until [the] day of Jesus Christ; (Phil. 1:6)
no searching.
Isa. 55:8‑9• 8For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.
 9For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa. 55:8‑9)
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Psa. 139:6• 6Knowledge too wonderful for me!{HR}It is high: I cannot [rise] unto it. (Psa. 139:6)
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Psa. 147:5• 5Great [is] our Lord, and of much power;{HR}His understanding [is] infinite. (Psa. 147:5)
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Rom. 11:33‑34• 33O depth of God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! how unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways!
 34For who knew [the] Lord's mind? or who became his counsellor! (Rom. 11:33‑34)
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1 Cor. 2:16• 16For who hath known [the] Lord's mind that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Cor. 2:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding.

W. Kelly Translation

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Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [There is] no searching of his understanding.