Isaiah 50:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֣ן אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ יַֽעֲזָר־לִ֔י מִי־ה֖וּא יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי הֵ֤ן כֻּלָּם֙ כַּבֶּ֣גֶד יִבְל֔וּ עָ֖שׁ יֹאכְלֵֽם׃

Transliteration

hēn ʾăḏōnāy YHWH yaʿăzār-to me, who [is] he yaršîʿēnî? hēn all of them like the beḡeḏ yiḇlû, ʿāš yōḵlēm.

Grammar Details

*hēn*: demonstrative particle - behold/indeed
*ʾăḏōnāy*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person suffix - my Lord
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*yaʿăzār*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he helps
*yaršîʿēnî*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person suffix - he condemns me
*beḡeḏ*: noun, masculine singular - garment/cloth
*yiḇlû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they wear out
*ʿāš*: noun, masculine singular - moth
*yōḵlēm*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - it will eat them

Word Meanings

*hēn*: behold/indeed/look
*ʾăḏōnāy*: my Lord/Sovereign/Master
*yaʿăzār*: he helps/he assists/he supports
*yaršîʿēnî*: he condemns me/he declares me guilty/he proves me wrong
*beḡeḏ*: garment/cloth/clothing
*yiḇlû*: they wear out/they decay/they become old
*ʿāš*: moth/clothes-moth
*yōḵlēm*: it will eat them/it will devour them/it will consume them

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 13:28 : 28 Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth - eaten.
Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isa 51:6-8 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings. 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.
Heb 1:11-12 : 11 They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
Ps 39:11 : 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. Selah
Ps 102:26 : 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

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