Isaiah 57:16
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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.For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
In other translations
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.For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588לֹאlo'notH3808לְעוֹלָםle'olamfor everH5769אָרִיב'arivI will conduct a caseH7378וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808לָנֶצַחlanetzachto perpetuityH5331אֶקְּצוֹף'eketzofI will be angryH7107כִּי־ki-forH3588רוּחַruachspiritH7307מִלְּפָנַיmilefanaifrom to before meH6440יַעֲטוֹףya'atofit will grow faintH5848וּנְשָׁמוֹתuneshamotand breathsH5397אֲנִי'ani[which] IH589עָשִׂיתִי׃'asitiI madeH6213
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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