Isaiah 49:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

Kai loe azom pui ah tok ka sak moe, tidoeh angcoeng ai, azom pui ah ni tha ka pasaeng boeh; toe ka tok loe ka Sithaw khaeah oh moe, ka hnuk han koi tangqum doeh Angraeng ban ah oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae kai loh a poeyoek la ka ti coeng. A hinghong la ka kohnue tih ka thadueng khaw a honghi coeng. Ka tiktamnah he BOEIPA taengah, ka thaphu te ka Pathen taengah ka bawt.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae kai loh a poeyoek la ka ti coeng. A hinghong la ka kohnue tih ka thadueng khaw a honghi coeng. Ka tiktamnah he BOEIPA taengah, ka thaphu te ka Pathen taengah ka bawt.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Alaila, i iho la au, Ua hooikaika makehewa au, No ka ole, a no ka lapuwale au i hoopau ai i ko'u ikaika; Me Iehova nae ko'u aponoia. Me ko'u Akua hoi ka'u hana ana.

English Berean Standard Bible

But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Mwen menm, mwen t'ap di nan kè m': Se pou dan ri m'ap fatige kò m'. Se pou gremesi mwen travay jouk mwen fèb. Men, m'ap toujou gen konfyans: Seyè a va ban m' rezon. Rekonpans mwen la byen sere nan men Seyè a.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et ego dixi: In vacuum laboravi; sine causa et vane fortitudinem meam consumpsi: ergo judicium meum cum Domino, et opus meum cum Deo meo.

Bible in Basic English

And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

– Et moi j’ai dit : J’ai travaillé en vain, j’ai consumé ma force pour le néant et en vain ; toutefois mon jugement est par-devers l’ Éternel, et mon œuvre par-devers mon Dieu.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Já pak řekl jsem: Nadarmo jsem pracoval, daremně a marně sílu svou jsem strávil. Ale však soud můj jestiť u Hospodina, a práce má u Boha mého.

Kosraean Bible

Nga fahk, “Nga orekma, a wangin sripa! Nga sang ku luk nufon, a wanginna ma nga orala.” Nwe ouinge nga ku in lulalfongi LEUM GOD lah El ac loangeyu; El ac fah se ma lacne nu sik ke ma nga oru.

World Portuguese Bible

Mas eu disse: “Tenho trabalhado em vão. Gastei a minha força em vão e por nada; contudo, certamente a justiça que me é devida está com o SENHOR, e a minha recompensa com o meu Deus.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Atunci am spus: Am ostenit în zadar, mi-am cheltuit puterea pentru nimic şi în zadar, totuşi judecata mea este la DOMNUL şi lucrarea mea la Dumnezeul meu.

Brenton English Septuagint

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgment with the Lord, and my labour before my God.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ငါ​သည်​လည်း​မိ​မိ​လုပ်​ဆောင်​ခဲ့​သည့်​အ​မှု​တို့ အ​ကျိုး​မ​ရှိ​ပုံ​ကို​လည်း​ကောင်း၊ မိ​မိ​မှာ​အား​အင်​သာ​လျှင်​ကုန်​ခန်း​လျက် အ​ဘယ်​အ​မှု​အ​ရာ​မျှ​မ​အောင်​မြင်​ပုံ​ကို လည်း​ကောင်း တစ်​ကိုယ်​တည်း​ပြော​ဆို​နေ​မိ​၏။ သို့​ရာ​တွင်​ငါ​သည်​မိ​မိ​၏​အ​မှု​ကိစ္စ​များ အ​ဆင်​ပြေ​စေ​ရန် ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား​ကို​ယုံ​ကြည်​ကိုး​စား​နိုင်​ပါ​စေ။ ကိုယ်​တော်​သည်​ငါ​ပြု​သည့်​အ​မှု​အ​တွက် ဆု​လာဘ်​များ​ကို​ပေး​သ​နား​တော်​မူ​လိမ့်​မည်။

Darby Translation

— And I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain; nevertheless my judgment is with Jehovah, and my work with my God.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Ich aber sprach: Umsonst habe ich mich abgemüht, vergeblich und für nichts meine Kraft verzehrt; doch mein Recht ist bei Jehova und mein Lohn bei meinem Gott. -

Dutch Bible 1917

Doch Ik zeide: Ik heb te vergeefs gearbeid, Ik heb Mijn kracht onnuttelijk en ijdellijk toegebracht; gewisselijk, Mijn recht is bij den HEERE, en Mijn werkloon is bij Mijn God.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Ik zeide: Ik zwoeg tevergeefs, Voor niets en vruchteloos verspil Ik mijn kracht; Mijn aanspraak is echter bij Jahweh, Mijn loon bij mijn God!

Italian Diodati Bible

Ed io ho detto: Io mi sono affaticato a vuoto; invano, ed indarno ho consumata la mia forza; ma pur certo la mia ragione è appo il Signore, e l'opera mia appo l'Iddio mio .

Douay-Rheims 1899

And I said: I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength without cause and in vain: therefore my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I said, I haue labored in vaine: I haue spent my strength in vaine and for nothing: but my iudgement is with the Lord, and my woorke with my God.

Noyes Bible

Then I said, I have labored in vain; For naught, for vanity, have I spent my strength; Yet my cause is with Jehovah, And my reward with my God.

Danish Bible 1931

Jeg sagde: “Min Møje er spildt, på Tomhed og Vind sled jeg mig op - dog er min Ret hos HERREN, min Løn er hos min Gud.”

Leeser Tanakh

But I had indeed said, For no purpose have I labored, for naught and vanity have I spent my strength; yet surely my cause is with the Lord, and the recompense of my work with my God.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

But I said: 'I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God.'

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Ta có nói rằng: Ta đã làm việc luống công, đã hao sức vô ích và không kết quả. Song lẽ ngay thẳng của ta ở nơi Đức Giê-hô-va, sự ban thưởng cho ta ở nơi Đức Chúa Trời ta.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Pea ne u pehē, “Kuo u ngāue taʻeʻaonga: kuo u fakaʻosi noa pe ʻeku mālohi, pea taʻeʻaonga: ka ʻoku moʻoni ʻoku ʻia Sihova ʻeku fakamaau, pea ʻi hoku ʻOtua ʻa ʻeku ngāue.”

French Ostervald Bible

Et moi j'ai dit: J'ai travaillé en vain, j'ai consumé ma force inutilement et sans fruit. Mais mon droit est auprès de l'Éternel, et mon salaire auprès de mon Dieu.

Esperanto Bible

Mi opiniis, ke vane mi penis, ke sencele kaj vane mi konsumis mian forton; sed vere mia rajto estas ĉe la Eternulo, kaj mia rekompenco ĉe mia Dio.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Et moi j’ai dit: C’est en vain que j’ai travaillé, C’est pour le vide et le néant que j’ai consumé ma force; Mais mon droit est auprès de l’Éternel, Et ma récompense auprès de mon Dieu.

German Luther Bible 1912

Ich aber dachte, ich arbeite vergeblich und brächte meine Kraft umsonst und unnütz zu, wiewohl meine Sache des Herrn und mein Amt meines Gottes ist.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgment with the Lord, and my labor before my God.

British English Septuagint 2012

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgement with the Lord, and my labour before my God.

Majority Standard BIble

But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

Webster Bible

Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for naught, and in vain; yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

Revised Version

But I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my recompence with my God.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Ma io dicevo: “Invano ho faticato, inutilmente, per nulla ho consumato la mia forza; ma certo, il mio diritto è presso l’Eterno, e la mia ricompensa è presso all’Iddio mio”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Mais moi, j'ai dit : « C'est en vain que j'ai travaillé. C'est pour le vide et le néant que j'ai consumé ma force ; mais mon droit est auprès du SEIGNEUR, et ma récompense auprès de mon Dieu. »

Reina Valera 1909

Yo empero dije: Por demás he trabajado, en vano y sin provecho he consumido mi fortaleza; mas mi juicio está delante de Jehová, y mi recompensa con mi Dios.

Spanish BLL

Pero yo respondí: “He trabajado en vano; he agotado mis fuerzas sin provecho y para nada. Sin embargo, mi causa está en manos de Yahvé, y mi recompensa está con mi Dios”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Pero yo dije: «Por demás he trabajado, en vano y sin provecho he consumido mis fuerzas; pero mi causa está delante de Yahvé, y mi recompensa con mi Dios».

Croatian Bible

A ja rekoh: “Zaludu sam se mučio, nizašto naprezao snagu.” Ipak, kod Jahve je moje pravo, kod mog Boga nagrada je moja. A sad govori Jahve, koji me od utrobe Slugom svojim načini, da mu vratim natrag Jakova, da se sabere Izrael.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A ja rekoh: Uzalud se trudih, uzalud i naprazno potroših silu svoju; ali opet sud je moj u Gospoda i posao moj u Boga mog.

German Textbibel

Ich aber wähnte: Vergeblich habe ich mich abgemüht, für nichts und nutzlos meine Kraft verbraucht; jedoch mein Recht steht bei Jahwe und mein Lohn bei meinem Gott!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgment with the Lord, and my labor before my God.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַאֲנִ֤י אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ לְרִ֣יק יָגַ֔עְתִּי לְתֹ֥הוּ וְהֶ֖בֶל כֹּחִ֣י כִלֵּ֑יתִי אָכֵן֙ מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה וּפְעֻלָּתִ֖י אֶת־אֱלֹהָֽי׃

World English Bible

But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”

World English Bible (Catholic)

But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”

World English Bible British Edition

But I said, “I have laboured in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

But I said, “I have laboured in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”

World English Bible Classic

But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.”

World English Bible Updated

But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”

World Messianic Bible

But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition

But I said, “I have laboured in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”

Young's Literal Translation

And I said, 'For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment [is] with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπα· κενῶς ἐκοπίασα, εἰς μάταιον καὶ εἰς οὐδὲν ἔδωκα τὴν ἰσχύν μου· διὰ τοῦτο ἡ κρίσις μου παρὰ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ὁ πόνος μου ἐναντίον τοῦ Θεοῦ μου.

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπα, κενῶς ἐκοπίασα, εἰς μάταιον καὶ εἰς οὐδὲν ἔδωκα τὴν ἰσχύν μου· διατοῦτο ἡ κρίσις μου παρὰ· Κυρίῳ, καὶ ὁ πόνος μου ἐναντίον τοῦ Θεοῦ μου.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Ши Еу Мэ гындям: ‘Деӂяба ам мунчит, ын задар ши фэрэ фолос Мь-ам истовит путеря.’ Дар дрептул Меу есте ла Домнул, ши рэсплата Мя ла Думнезеул Меу.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

І промовив я: Дармо я трудився, надармо вичерпав силу мою. Та моя справа перед Господом, і заплата моя — в Бога мого.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

І промовив я: Дармо я трудився, надармо вичерпав силу мою. Та моя справа перед Господом, і заплата моя — в Бога мого.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

А ја рекох: Узалуд се трудих, узалуд и напразно потроших силу своју; али опет суд је мој у Господа и посао мој у Бога мог.

Russian Synodal Bible

А Я сказал: напрасно Я трудился, ни на что и вотще истощал силу Свою. Но Мое право у Господа, и награда Моя у Бога Моего.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וַאֲנִ֤י אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ לְרִ֣יק יָגַ֔עְתִּי לְתֹ֥הוּ וְהֶ֖בֶל כֹּחִ֣י כִלֵּ֑יתִי אָכֵן֙ מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה וּפְעֻלָּתִ֖י אֶת־אֱלֹהָֽי׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ואני אמרתי לריק יגעתי לתהו והבל כחי כליתי אכן משפטי את יהוה ופעלתי את אלהי׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

أَمَّا أَنَا فَقُلْتُ: «عَبَثًا تَعِبْتُ. بَاطِلًا وَفَارِغًا أَفْنَيْتُ قُدْرَتِي. لَكِنَّ حَقِّي عِنْدَ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَعَمَلِي عِنْدَ إِلَهِي».

Old Persion Version Bible

اما من گفتم که عبث زحمت کشیدم و قوت خود را بی‌فایده و باطل صرف کردم لیکن حق من با خداوند و اجرت من با خدای من می‌باشد.

Judson Burmese Bible

ငါ ကလည်း၊ အကျိုး မရှိဘဲ ငါလုပ် ဆောင်ရပြီ။ အချည်းနှီး သက်သက်ငါ့ ခွန်အား ကုန် ရပြီ။ သို့သော်လည်း ၊ ငါ့ အမှု သည် ထာဝရဘုရား ရှေ့တော်၌ရှိ၏။ ငါ ခံရသောအခ လည်း ငါ၏ဘုရားသခင်လက်တော်၌ရှိသည်ဟု ဆို၏။

Korean Bible 1910

그러나 나는 말하기를 내가 헛되이 수고하였으며 무익히 공연히 내 힘을 다하였다 하였도다 정녕히 나의 신원이 여호와께 있고 나의 보응이 나의 하나님께 있느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

しかし、私は言った。 「私はむなしく働き、 何の実りもなく、いたずらに力を使い果たした。 それでも、私の受けるべき公正は主とともにあり、 私の報いは私の神とともにある。」

World Chinese Bible

但我说：“我劳碌是徒然； 我耗尽力气是虚空、无益的； 然而，我当得的公断诚然在耶和华那里， 我的赏报在我的上帝那里。”

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

我却说：我劳碌是徒然； 我尽力是虚无虚空。 然而，我 当得的理必在耶和华那里； 我的赏赐必在我 神那里。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

我卻說：我勞碌是徒然； 我盡力是虛無虛空。 然而，我 當得的理必在耶和華那裏； 我的賞賜必在我上帝那裏。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Porém eu disse: Inutilmente tenho trabalhado; por nada e em vão gastei minhas forças; todavia meu direito está perante o SENHOR, e minha recompensa perante meu Deus.

CC BY 4.0

Mashi Bible

Ci niehe nanaciderha, nti: «Busha narhamîre, Busha nakoyîre buzira bunguke. Ci kwône olubanja lwâni omu maboko ga Nyakasane luli, n’oluhembo lwâni omu maboko ga Nyamuzinda luli».

CC BY 4.0

German Schlachter Bible 1951

Ich aber hatte gedacht: Ich habe mich vergeblich abgemüht und meine Kraft umsonst und nutzlos verbraucht! Und doch steht mein Recht bei dem HERRN und mein Lohn bei meinem Gott.

CC BY 4.0

La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Y dije: No he sufrido cansancio por nada, he dado mi fuerza sin ningún propósito o beneficio, pero aún así el Señor asumirá mi causa y mi Dios me dará mi recompensa.

CC BY 4.0

Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Pero yo dije: En vano me fatigué. En vano y sin provecho gasté mis fuerzas. Pero mi causa está delante de Yavé y mi recompensa está con mi ʼElohim.

CC BY 4.0

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

Then I said, I have toiled in vain, I have spent My ko'ach for tohu, and hevel; yet surely My mishpat is with Hashem, and My peulah with Elohai.

CC BY 4.0