Isaiah 50:8

He that justifieth me is near; who will contend with me? let us stand forward together: who hath a dispute with me? let him come near to me.

Leeser Tanakh

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

7But the Lord Eternal ever helpeth me; therefore was I not confounded; therefore have I rendered my face like a flint, and I knew that I should not be made ashamed.

9Behold, the Lord Eternal will help me; who is the man that will condemn me? lo, they all shall wear out as a garment: the moth shall eat them up.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:17Then shall both the men, who have the controversy, stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, who shall be in those days;

Job 23:3Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!

Isaiah 41:21Produce your cause, saith the Lord: bring forward your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

Zechariah 3:1And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and the accuser 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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