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.


In Context

13 When thou criest, let thy gatherings deliver thee, And all of them carry away doth wind, Take away doth vanity, And whoso is trusting in Me inheriteth the land, And doth possess My holy mountain.

14 And he hath said, 'Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.'

15 For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy is His name: 'In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'

16 For, 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.

17 For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding — and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.

18 His ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.

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 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 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.