Nehr · Isaiah 49

Isaiah 49:4

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

— Isaiah 49:4, King James Version
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World English Bible (WEB)

But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my recompense with my God.

American Standard Version (ASV)

But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And I said, 'For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment <FI>is<Fi> with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.

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