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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.
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.
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.
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."
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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Context Readings
Yahweh's Servant Brings Salvation
3 And he said unto me, Thou art my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself. 4 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. 5 And now, saith Jehovah, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I should bring Jacob again to him; (though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorified in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God shall be my strength;)
Cross References
Isaiah 53:10-12
Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected him to suffering. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
Isaiah 65:23
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
Leviticus 26:20
and your strength shall be spent in vain, and your land shall not yield its produce; and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
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 to them that are of a timid heart, Be strong, fear not; behold your God: vengeance cometh, the recompense of God! He will come himself, and save you.
Isaiah 40:10
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come with might, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him.
Isaiah 62:11
Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him.
Isaiah 65:2
I have stretched out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way not good, after their own thoughts;
Ezekiel 3:19
But if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Matthew 17:17
And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me.
Matthew 23:37
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Luke 24:26
Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory?
John 1:11
He came to his own, and his own received him not;
John 17:4-5
I have glorified thee on the earth, I have completed the work which thou gavest me that I should do it;
Romans 10:21
But unto Israel he says, All the day long I have stretched out my hands unto a people disobeying and opposing.
2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those that perish:
2 Corinthians 12:15
Now I shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved.
Galatians 4:11
I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.
Philippians 2:9-10
Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and granted him a name, that which is above every name,
Hebrews 12:2
looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured the cross, having despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.