16For 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.


In Context

13 When thou criest, let them that are gathered by thee deliver thee! But a wind shall carry them all away, a breath shall take them; but he that putteth his trust in me shall inherit the land, and possess my holy mountain.

14 And it shall be said, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.

15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

16 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.

17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart.

18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn.

Isaiah 57:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

57:16For 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

57:16I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit of man would grow faint before me- the breath of man that I have created.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

57:16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be angry unto the end: because the spirit shall go forth from my face, end breathings I will make.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

57:16For 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

57:16For 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

57:16For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

57:16For 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

57:16For, 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

57:16For 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.