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.


In Context

13 When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.|

14 He will say, |Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.|

15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: |I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of 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 forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.

17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid my face and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

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 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 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.