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Isaiah 49:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 4 But I said: “I have toiled for nothing.
  
  I used up my strength for an unreality, in vain.
  
  But surely my judgment is with Jehovah,*
  And my wages* with my God.”+

Isaiah 49:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 4 But I said: “I have toiled for nothing.
  
  I used up my strength for an unreality, in vain.
  
  But surely my judgment is with Jehovah,*
  And my wages* with my God.”+

Isaiah 49:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 4 But as for me, I said: “It is for nothing that I have toiled.+ For unreality and vanity I have used up my own power.+ Truly my judgment is with Jehovah,+ and my wages with my God.”*+

Isaiah 49:4

The Bible in Living English
- 4 But I thought “I have toiled in vain, used up my strength for a nothing and an illusion”; but in fact my rights were with Jehovah and my dues with my God,

Isaiah 49:4

American Standard Version
- 4 But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.

Isaiah 49:4

The Emphasized Bible
- 4 But I said, To no purpose have I toiled, For waste and mist—my vigour have I spent,—Surely my vindication is with Yahweh, And my recompence with my God.