Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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.

New American Standard Bible

“For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would grow faint before Me,
And the breath of those whom I have made.

King James 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.

Holman Bible

For I will not accuse you forever,
and I will not always be angry;
for then the spirit would grow weak before Me,
even the breath of man, which I have made.

International Standard Version

For I won't accuse forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the human spirit would grow faint before me even the souls that I have created.

A Conservative Version

For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified


“For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me,
And the breath of those whom I have created.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Darby Translation

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

Julia Smith Translation

For not forever will I contend, and not to everlasting will I be angry: for the spirit will faint from before me, and the lives I made.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For I will not attack forever, and I will not be angry forever, for [the] spirit will grow faint before me, and [the] breaths [that] I myself I have made.

Modern King James verseion

For I will not contend forever, nor will I be always angry; for the spirit should fail before Me, and the souls I have made.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For I chide not ever, and am not wroth without end. But the blasting goeth from me, though I make the breath.

New Heart English Bible

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.

The Emphasized Bible

For not age-abidingly, will I contend, Nor perpetually, will I be wroth, - For, spirit, before me, would faint, Even the breathing souls, which, I, had made.

Webster

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For I will not contend
רוּב ריבo 
Riyb 
Usage: 66

עלם עולם 
`owlam 
Usage: 438

neither will I be always
נצח נצח 
Netsach 
Usage: 43

קצף 
Qatsaph 
Usage: 34

for the spirit
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

me, and the souls
נשׁמה 
N@shamah 
Usage: 24

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Peace For The Contrite

15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged. 16 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. 17 I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.


Cross References

Psalm 85:5

Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?

Micah 7:18

There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.

Isaiah 42:5

This is what the true God, the Lord, says -- the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:

Genesis 6:3

So the Lord said, "My spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years."

Numbers 16:22

Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all people, will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?"

Job 34:14-15

If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath,

Psalm 78:38-39

Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.

Psalm 103:9-16

He does not always accuse, and does not stay angry.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.

Jeremiah 10:24

Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.

Jeremiah 38:16

So King Zedekiah made a secret promise to Jeremiah and sealed it with an oath. He promised, "As surely as the Lord lives who has given us life and breath, I promise you this: I will not kill you or hand you over to those men who want to kill you."

Zechariah 12:1

The revelation of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: The Lord -- he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, who forms the human spirit within a person -- says,

Hebrews 12:9

Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

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