Isaiah 50:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

[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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קָרוֹב֙ מַצְדִּיקִ֔י מִֽי־יָרִ֥יב אִתִּ֖י נַ֣עַמְדָה יָּ֑חַד מִֽי־בַ֥עַל מִשְׁפָּטִ֖י יִגַּ֥שׁ אֵלָֽי׃

Transliteration

Near [is] my maṣdîqî who yārîḇ with me? Let us naʿamḏâ yāḥaḏ. Who [is] ḇaʿal mišpāṭî let him yiggaš to me.

Grammar Details

• *maṣdîqî*: hiphil participle, masculine singular + 1st person suffix - my justifier/vindicator
• *yārîḇ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he contends/strives
• *naʿamḏâ*: qal imperfect cohortative, 1st plural - let us stand
• *yāḥaḏ*: adverb - together
• *ḇaʿal*: noun, masculine singular construct - master/owner of
• *mišpāṭî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person suffix - my judgment/case
• *yiggaš*: qal imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine singular - let him approach/come near

Word Meanings

• *maṣdîqî*: my justifier/my vindicator/one who declares me righteous
• *yārîḇ*: he contends/he strives/he brings a lawsuit
• *naʿamḏâ*: let us stand/let us take a stand
• *yāḥaḏ*: together/at the same time
• *ḇaʿal*: master/owner/possessor of
• *mišpāṭî*: my judgment/my case/my legal claim
• *yiggaš*: let him approach/let him come near/let him confront

Referenced Verses

• Isa 41:1 : 1 ¶ Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
• Rom 8:32-34 : 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth. 34 Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
• Rev 12:10 : 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
• Exod 22:9 : 9 For all manner of trespass, [whether it be] for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, which [another] challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; [and] whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
• Deut 19:17 : 17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is], shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
• Job 23:3-7 : 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat! 4 I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
• Isa 41:21 : 21 ¶ Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong [reasons], saith the King of Jacob.
• Isa 43:26 : 26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
• Zech 3:1-9 : 1 ¶ And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: [is] not this a brand plucked out of the fire? 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. 4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. 5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. 6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. 8 ¶ Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they [are] men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. 9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
• Matt 5:25 : 25 ‹Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.›