Isaiah 49:4
King James Version (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.
American Standard Version (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.
World English Bible (WEB)
But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God."
Isaiah 49:4 Cross References
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.