Isaiah 57:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit would faint before me—the breath of life that I created.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For I will not contend{H7378} for ever,{H5769} neither will I be always{H5331} wroth;{H7107} for the spirit{H7307} would faint{H5848} before{H6440} me, and the souls{H5397} that I have made.{H6213}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For I will not contend{H7378}{(H8799)} for ever{H5769}, neither will I be always{H5331} wroth{H7107}{(H8799)}: for the spirit{H7307} should fail{H5848}{(H8799)} before{H6440} me, and the souls{H5397} which I have made{H6213}{(H8804)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For I chide not euer, & am not wroth wt out ende. But ye blastinge goeth fro me, though I make the breath.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For I will not contende for euer, neither will I be alwayes wroth, for the spirite should fayle before me: and I haue made the breath.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For I chyde not euer, and am not wroth without ende: but the blasting goeth from me, and is included in the body, and I made the breath.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.

Referenced Verses

  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.
  • Ps 85:5 : 5 Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
  • Ps 103:9-9 : 9 He will not always rebuke: nor will He keep His anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him. 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are like grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place remembers it no more.
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus says God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
  • Jer 10:24 : 24 O LORD, correct me, but with justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
  • Ps 78:38-39 : 38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them: yes, many a time he turned away his anger, and did not stir up all his wrath. 39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away, and comes not again.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to 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 will You be angry with all the congregation?
  • Jer 38:16 : 16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If He sets His heart upon man, if He gathers to Himself His spirit and His breath, 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return again to dust.
  • Gen 6:3 : 3 And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, says the LORD, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.

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