Isaiah 50:8

He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand up together; who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

In Context

7For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore have I not been confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

9Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:17then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days.

Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

Isaiah 41:21Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

Zechariah 3:1And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 50:5-10

Work and Sufferings of the Messiah. ( b. c. 706.) 4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 5 The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. 7 For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I… Read the whole commentary →

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