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.


In Context

13 When thou shalt cry, let thy companies deliver thee, but the wind shall carry them all off, a breeze shall take them away, but he that putteth his trust in me, shall inherit the land, and shall possess my holy mount.

14 And I will say: Make a way: give free passage, turn out of the path, take away the stumblingblocks out of the way of my people.

15 For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

16 For 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.

17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and I struck him: I hid my face from thee, and was angry: and he went away wandering in his own heart.

18 I saw his ways, and I healed him, and brought him back, and restored comforts to him, and to them that mourn for him.

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 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 Darby 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 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.