Isaiah 50:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 13:28 : 28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as 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 afraid of 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 from generation to generation.
Heb 1:11-12 : 11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, 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{H8803)} to consume away{H8686)} 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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