Isaiah 49:4

2 He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

3 He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”

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.”

5 And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him— for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—

6 He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

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ÅB
Men jeg sa: Forgjeves har jeg arbeidet meg trett, og til ingen nytte har jeg fortært min kraft; men min rett er allikevel hos Herren, og min lønn hos min Gud.
OTB
Men jeg sa: “Jeg har arbeidet forgjeves; jeg har brukt min styrke for ingenting og til ingen nytte. Likevel er min rettferdighet hos Herren, og min lønn er hos min Gud.”
B1930
Men jeg sa: Forgjeves har jeg arbeidet mig trett, og til ingen nytte har jeg fortært min kraft; men min rett er allikevel hos Herren, og min lønn hos min Gud.
BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And I said: “In vain I have labored; I have spent My strength in futility and in emptiness. Yet surely My vindication [is] with YHWH, and My reward with my God.”

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