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Isaiah 57:16

For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
לְעוֹלָם֙le.'o.Lamfor everH5769 →
אָרִ֔יב'a.RivI will conduct a caseH7378 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
לָנֶ֖צַחla.Ne.tzachto perpetuityH5331 →
אֶקְּצ֑וֹף'e.ke.TzofI will be angryH7107 →
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
ר֙וּחַ֙Ru.achspiritH7307 →
מִלְּפָנַ֣יmi.le.fa.Naifrom to before meH6440 →
יַֽעֲט֔וֹףya.'a.Tofit will grow faintH5848 →
וּנְשָׁמ֖וֹתu.ne.sha.Motand breathsH5397 →
אֲנִ֥י'a.Ni[which] IH589 →
עָשִֽׂיתִי׃'a.Si.tiI madeH6213 →

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Psalms 103:9He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.Lamentations 3:31For the Lord will not cast us off forever.Psalms 103:9–16He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?Psalms 78:38–39And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.Psalms 138:7If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.Psalms 6:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.Genesis 6:3So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”Job 34:14–15If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”Jeremiah 38:16But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:Job 34:15all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.Jeremiah 3:5Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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