KJV King James Version
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.
WEB World English Bible
For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.
ASV American Standard Version
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 57
13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take [them]: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
15 For 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.
16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to [him that is] far off, and to [him that is] near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
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כִּ֣יH3588 · kiforלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotלְעוֹלָם֙H5769 · o.lamforever: enduringאָרִ֔יבH7378 · rivto contendוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotלָנֶ֖צַחH5331 · ne.tsachperpetuityאֶקְּצ֑וֹףH7107 · qa.tsaphbe angryכִּי־H3588 · kiforר֙וּחַ֙H7307 · ru.achspiritמִלְּפָנַ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיַֽעֲט֔וֹףH5848 · a.taphto turn asideוּנְשָׁמ֖וֹתH5397 · ne.sha.mahbreathאֲנִ֥יH589 · a.niIעָשִֽׂיתִי׃H6213 · a.sahto make: do
Cross-references
Micah 7:18Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.Jeremiah 10:24O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.Psalm 103:9-16He will not always chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.Psalm 85:5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?Hebrews 12:9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?Psalm 78:38-39But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.Numbers 16:22And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?Job 34:14-15If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;Genesis 6:3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.Isaiah 42:5Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:Jeremiah 38:16So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, [As] the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.Zechariah 12:1The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
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