Isaiah

Isaiah 49:4

⁴But 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.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But I	וַאֲנִ֤י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
said	אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙	’ā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
I have labored	יָגַ֔עְתִּי	yā·ḡa‘·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3021 toil, grow or be weary
in vain	לְרִ֣יק	lə·rîq	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H7385 emptiness, vanity
I have spent	כִלֵּ֑יתִי	ḵil·lê·ṯî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
My strength	כֹּחִ֣י	kō·ḥî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3581 strength, power
in futility	לְתֹ֥הוּ	lə·ṯō·hū	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H8414 formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
and vanity	וְהֶ֖בֶל	wə·he·ḇel	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1892 vapour, breath
yet	אָכֵן֙	’ā·ḵên	Adverb	H403 surely, truly
My vindication	מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י	miš·pā·ṭî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H4941 judgment
is with	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Preposition	H854 with
the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and My reward	וּפְעֻלָּתִ֖י	ū·p̄ə·‘ul·lā·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H6468 work, recompence
is with	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Preposition	H854 with
My God	אֱלֹהָֽי׃	’ĕ·lō·hāy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H430 God

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 35:4 · Galatians 4:11 · Isaiah 53:10–12 · Isaiah 65:23 · 2 Corinthians 12:15 · Isaiah 62:11 · Ezekiel 3:19 · Isaiah 40:10 · Matthew 23:37 · 2 Corinthians 2:15 · Matthew 17:17

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.