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Isaiah 49:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.


Isaiah 49:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 49:415 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/אֲנִ֤יwaʾăniy
IconjH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ʾāmarətiy
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לְ/רִ֣יקləriyq
emptypronH7385
to no purpose · vain · vanity
יָגַ֔עְתִּיyāgaʿətiy
faintverbH3021
labour · weary
לְ/תֹ֥הוּlətōhw
confusionpronH8414
empty place · without form · nothing · nought ···
וְ/הֶ֖בֶלwəhebel
vainconjH1892
altogether · vanity
כֹּחִ֣/יkōḥiy
abilitynounH3581
able · chameleon · force · fruits ···
כִלֵּ֑יתִיkilēytiy
accomplishverbH3615
cease · consume · determine · destroy ···
אָכֵן֙ʾākēn
butadvH403
certainly · nevertheless · surely · truly ···
מִשְׁפָּטִ֣/יmišəpāṭiy
ceremonynounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
אֶתʾet
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וּ/פְעֻלָּתִ֖/יwpəʿulātiy
labourconjH6468
reward · wages · work
אֶתʾet
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
אֱלֹהָֽ/יʾĕlōhāy
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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