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Isaiah 57:16

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16uFor I will not contend for ever,

Neither will I be always wroth:

For vthe spirit wshould fail before me,

And vthe souls xwhich I have made.

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Cross references

  1. uSee Ps. 103. 9.
  2. vJob 34. 14 (Heb.).
  3. wPs. 102 title. See Ps. 77. 3.
  4. vJob 34. 14 (Heb.).
  5. xSee Num. 16. 22.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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, which I have made.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King 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.