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Isaiah 57:16

16  sFor I will not contend forever,

nor will I always be angry;

for the spirit would grow faint before me,

and the breath of life that I made.

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Isaiah 57:16 — The New International Version (NIV)

16 I will not accuse them forever,

nor will I always be angry,

for then they would faint away because of me—

the very people I have created.

Isaiah 57:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Isaiah 57:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 For I will not fight against you forever;

I will not always be angry.

If I were, all people would pass away—

all the souls I have made.

Isaiah 57:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 For I will not contend forever,

Nor will I always be angry;

For the spirit would fail before Me,

And the souls which I have made.

Isaiah 57:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 I will not accuse forever,

nor will I always be angry,

because then human life would grow weak.

Human beings, whom I created, would die.

Isaiah 57:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 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.

Isaiah 57:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

Isaiah 57:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 I will not accuse you forever. 

I will not be angry with you forever. 

Otherwise, the spirits, the lives of those I’ve made, 

would grow faint in my presence. 

Isaiah 57:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 For I will not accuse you forever,

and I will not always be angry;

for then the spirit would grow weak before Me,

even the breath of man, which I have made.

Isaiah 57:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 For I will not continually accuse,

nor will I always be angry;

for then the spirits would grow faint before me,

even the souls that I have made.

Isaiah 57:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 For I will not attack forever,

and I will not be angry forever,

for the spirit will grow faint before me,

and the breaths that I myself I have made.

Isaiah 57:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 I will not find fault with my people forever.

I will not always be angry with them.

If I were, I would cause their spirits to grow weak.

The very breath of life would go out of the people I created.

Isaiah 57:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 “For I will not contend forever,

Nor will I always be angry;

For the spirit would grow faint before Me,

And the breath of those whom I have made.


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