NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon For I will not contendriyb (reeb) to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend for ever `owlam (o-lawm') concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always neither will I be always netsach (neh'-tsakh) a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view) wroth qatsaph (kaw-tsaf') to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage -- (be) anger(-ry), displease, fret self, (provoke to) wrath (come), be wroth. for the spirit ruwach (roo'-akh) wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being should fail `ataph (aw-taf') to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish -- cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon. before paniym (paw-neem') the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) me and the souls nshamah (nesh-aw-maw') a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal -- blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit. which I have made `asah (aw-saw') to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "For I will not contend forever, Nor will I always be angry; For the spirit would grow faint before Me, And the breath of those whom I have made. King James Bible For 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible For I will not accuse you forever, and I will not always be angry; for then the spirit would grow weak before Me, even the breath of man, which I have made. International Standard Version For I won't accuse forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the human spirit would grow faint before me— even the souls that I have created. NET Bible For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man's spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created. GOD'S WORD® Translation I will not accuse you forever. I will not be angry with you forever. Otherwise, the spirits, the lives of those I've made, would grow faint in my presence. King James 2000 Bible For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. Links Isaiah 57:16Isaiah 57:16 NIV Isaiah 57:16 NLT Isaiah 57:16 ESV Isaiah 57:16 NASB Isaiah 57:16 KJV |
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