Verse 4
Isaiah 49:4
New King James Version
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 (Elohim).
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/אֲנִ֤י אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ לְ/רִ֣יק יָגַ֔עְתִּי לְ/תֹ֥הוּ וְ/הֶ֖בֶל כֹּחִ֣/י כִלֵּ֑יתִי אָכֵן֙ מִשְׁפָּטִ֣/י אֶת יְהוָ֔ה וּ/פְעֻלָּתִ֖/י אֶת אֱלֹהָֽ/י
English Translation
And I said, “I have labored for nothing; I have spent my strength for emptiness and futility; yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work is with my God.”
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