Isaiah 49:4
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Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
In other translations
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
Hebrew words
וַאֲנִיva'aniand IH589אָמַרְתִּי'amartiI saidH559לְרִיקlerikto emptinessH7385יָגַעְתִּיyaga'tiI have laboredH3021לְתֹהוּletohuto nothingnessH8414וְהֶבֶלveheveland futilityH1892כֹּחִיkochistrength myH3581כִלֵּיתִיkhileitiI have caused to failH3615אָכֵן'akhenneverthelessH403מִשְׁפָּטִיmishpatijustice myH4941אֶת־'et-[is] withH854יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וּפְעֻלָּתִיufe'ulatiand recompense myH6468אֶת־'et-[is] withH854אֱלֹהָי׃'elohaiGod myH430
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