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Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I said, "I labour in vain and spend my strength for nought, and unprofitably. Howbeit, my cause I commit to the LORD and my travail unto my God."
New American Standard Bible
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord,
And My
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
I have spent my strength for nothing and futility;
yet my vindication is with the Lord,
and my reward is with my God.
International Standard Version
"I said: "I've labored for nothing. I've exhausted my strength on futility and on emptiness.' Yet surely my recompense is with the LORD, and my reward is with my God.
A Conservative Version
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 LORD, and my recompense with my God.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Then I said, “I have labored in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity (pride, uselessness);
However My justice is with the Lord,
And My reward is with My God.”
Bible in Basic English
And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.
Darby Translation
And I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain; nevertheless my judgment is with Jehovah, and my work with my God.
Julia Smith Translation
And I said, I labored in vain, for emptiness; and I finish my strength vainly; surely my judgment is with Jehovah and my work with my God.
King James 2000
Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: yet surely my due justice is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But I myself said, "I have labored in vain; I have used up my strength for nothing and vanity! Nevertheless, my justice [is] with Yahweh, and my reward [is] with my God."
Modern King James verseion
Then I said, I have labored in vain; I have spent My strength for nothing, and in vain; yet surely My judgment is with Jehovah, and My work with My God.
NET Bible
But I thought, "I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing." But the Lord will vindicate me; my God will reward me.
New Heart English Bible
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 the LORD, and my reward with my God."
The Emphasized Bible
But I, said, To no purpose, have I toiled, For waste and mist - my vigour, have I spent, - Surely, my vindication, is, with, Yahweh, And, my recompence, with my God.
Webster
Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for naught, and in vain; yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
World English Bible
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 reward with my God."
Youngs Literal Translation
And I said, 'For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment is with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 49:4
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Yahweh's Servant Brings Salvation
3 And he said to me, "Thou art my servant O Israel, in whom I will be glorified." 4 And I said, "I labour in vain and spend my strength for nought, and unprofitably. Howbeit, my cause I commit to the LORD and my travail unto my God." 5 And now saith the LORD that formed me in the womb, to be his servant and to turn Jacob unto him,
Cross References
Isaiah 53:10-12
And yet the LORD determined to bruise him with infirmities. His soul giving herself for trangression, he shall see seed of long continuance; and the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Isaiah 65:23
My chosen shall live long, they shall not labour in vain, nor beget with trouble: for they are the high, blessed seed of the LORD, and their fruits with them.
Leviticus 26:20
And so your labour shall be spent in vain. For your land shall not give her increase, neither the trees of the land shall give their fruits.
Psalm 22:22-31
I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Isaiah 35:4
Say unto them that are of a fearful heart, "Be of good cheer, and fear not. Behold, your God cometh, to take vengeance, and to reward, God cometh his own self, and will deliver you."
Isaiah 40:10
Behold the LORD, even the Almighty, shall come with power, and bear rule with his arm. Behold, he bringeth his treasure with him, and his works go before him.
Isaiah 62:11
Behold, the LORD will make it known unto the ends of the world. And say ye unto the daughter of Zion, "Behold, he that is thy saviour cometh and his reward with him and his work before him.
Isaiah 65:2
For thus long have I ever holden out my hands to an unfaithful people, that go not the right way, but after their own imaginations:
Ezekiel 3:19
Nevertheless, if thou give warning unto the wicked: and he yet forsake not his ungodliness - Then shall he die in his own wickedness, but thou hast discharged thy soul.
Matthew 17:17
Jesus answered and said, "O generation faithless, and crooked: how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him hither to me."
Matthew 23:37
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathereth her chicks under her wings? But ye would not.
Luke 24:26
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?"
John 1:11
He came among his own, and his own received him not.
John 17:4-5
I have glorified thee on the earth. I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Romans 10:21
And against Israel he saith, "All day long have I stretched forth my hands unto a people that believeth not, but speaketh against me."
2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are unto God the sweet savor of Christ, both among them that are saved, and also among them which perish:
2 Corinthians 12:15
I will very gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your souls: though the more I love you, the less I am loved again.
Galatians 4:11
I am in fear of you, lest I have bestowed on you labour in vain.
Philippians 2:9-10
Wherefore God hath exalted him, and given him a name above all names:
Hebrews 12:2
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, which for the joy that was set before him, abode the cross, and despised the shame, and is set down on the righthand of the throne of God.