Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 49:4 Interlinear

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַאֲנִ֤יH589i
2אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙H559Then I saidto say (used with great latitude)
3לְרִ֣יקH7385in vainemptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
4יָגַ֔עְתִּיH3021I have labouredproperly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
5לְתֹ֥הוּH8414for noughta desolation (of surface), i.e., desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
6וְהֶ֖בֶלH1892and in vainemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
7כֹּחִ֣יH3581my strengthvigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
8כִלֵּ֑יתִיH3615I have spentto end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
9אָכֵן֙H403yet surelyfirmly; figuratively, surely; also (adversative) but
10מִשְׁפָּטִ֣יH4941my judgmentproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
11אֶתH854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
12יְהוָ֔הH3068is with the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
13וּפְעֻלָּתִ֖יH6468and my work(abstractly) work
14אֶתH854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
15אֱלֹהָֽי׃H430with my Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

Verse Context

Isaiah 49:3And said unto me Thou art my servant O Israel ...
Isaiah 49:4 (current) Then I said in vain I have laboured for nought and in vain my strength I have spent yet surely my judgment is with the LORD and my work with my God
Isaiah 49:5 And now saith of the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant...

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