Isaiah 49:4
But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”Isaiah 49:4 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — યશાયા ૪૯:૪
- મેં વિચાર્યું કે મેં નિરર્થક મહેનત કરી છે, મેં મારું સામર્થ્ય વ્યર્થ ખરચી નાખ્યું છે, તો પણ મારો ઇનસાફ યહોવાહની પાસે છે અને મારો બદલો મારા ઈશ્વર પાસે છે.
- हिन्दी — यशायाह ४९:४
- तब मैंने कहा, “मैंने तो व्यर्थ परिश्रम किया, मैंने व्यर्थ ही अपना बल खो दिया है; तो भी निश्चय मेरा न्याय यहोवा के पास है और मेरे परिश्रम का फल मेरे परमेश्वर के हाथ में है।”
In context
2He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
3He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
4But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”
5Now the LORD, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in the LORD’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.
6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
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