Isaiah 57:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י לֹ֤א לְעוֹלָם֙ אָרִ֔יב וְלֹ֥א לָנֶ֖צַח אֶקְּצ֑וֹף כִּי־ר֙וּחַ֙ מִלְּפָנַ֣י יַֽעֲט֔וֹף וּנְשָׁמ֖וֹת אֲנִ֥י עָשִֽׂיתִי׃

Transliteration

kî lōʾ lə-ʿôlām ʾārîb wə-lōʾ lāneṣaḥ ʾeqqəṣôp kî-rûaḥ millə pānay yaʿăṭôp û-nəšāmôt ʾănî ʿāśîtî.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*lə-ʿôlām*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular - forever
*ʾārîb*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will contend/strive
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunctive waw + negative particle - and not
*lāneṣaḥ*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular - for eternity/perpetually
*ʾeqqəṣôp*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be angry
*kî-rûaḥ*: conjunction + noun, feminine, singular - for spirit
*millə pānay*: preposition + preposition + noun, masculine, plural + 1st person singular suffix - from before me
*yaʿăṭôp*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it would faint/be overwhelmed
*û-nəšāmôt*: conjunctive waw + noun, feminine, plural - and souls/breath
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*ʿāśîtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have made

Word Meanings

*lə-ʿôlām*: forever/eternally/perpetually
*ʾārîb*: I will contend/dispute/strive
*lāneṣaḥ*: perpetually/continually/forever
*ʾeqqəṣôp*: I will be angry/wrathful/indignant
*yaʿăṭôp*: would faint/grow weary/be overwhelmed
*millə pānay*: from before me/from my presence
*nəšāmôt*: souls/breaths/spirits/life

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Referenced Verses

Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
Ps 85:5 : 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Ps 103:9-9 : 9 He will not always chide; Neither will he keep [his anger] for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, Nor rewarded us after our iniquities. 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.
Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad 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:
Jer 10:24 : 24 O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Ps 78:38-39 : 38 But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath. 39 And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore, {G3303} we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Num 16:22 : 22 And 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?
Jer 38:16 : 16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah 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.
Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he set his heart upon himself, [If] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; 15 All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.
Gen 6:3 : 3 And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.
Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. [Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

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