Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
Parallel translations
- WEB Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
- KJV And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
- NKJV Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
- NASB Even to your old age I will be the same, And even to your graying years I will carry you! I have done it, and I will bear you; And I will carry you and I will save you.
- NLT I will be your God throughout your lifetime— until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.
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God promises to carry and sustain his people even into old age and gray hairs. His faithfulness never wears out.
Overview
Yahweh pledges lifelong care: 'even to old age I am he,' bearing and delivering his people to the end. Unlike idols that grow burdensome, God's strength never fails and his commitment never expires. This unchanging faithfulness is the same steadfast love that holds believers in Christ to the very end.
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- Ps 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
- Ps 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
- Heb 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- Ps 92:14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
- Jas 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Ps 102:26–27They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
- Rom 11:29For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
- Heb 1:12You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
- Isa 41:4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
- Mal 3:6“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- Isa 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Isa 43:13Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
- Mal 2:16“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
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