Isaiah 50:8

Webster's Bible (1833)

He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my 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, islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
• Rom 8:32-34 : 32 He who didn't spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things? 33 Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
• Rev 12:10 : 10 I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, And received up in glory.
• Exod 22:9 : 9 For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
• Deut 19:17 : 17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who 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 set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would tell me. 6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me. 7 There the upright might reason with him, So I should be delivered forever from my judge.
• Isa 41:21 : 21 Produce your cause, says Yahweh; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.
• Isa 43:26 : 26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set you forth [your cause], that you may be justified.
• Zech 3:1-9 : 1 He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary. 2 Yahweh said to Satan, "Yahweh rebuke you, Satan! Yes, Yahweh who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn't this a burning stick plucked out of the fire?" 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel. 4 He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing." 5 I said, "Let them set a clean turban on his head." So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and the angel of Yahweh was standing by. 6 The angel of Yahweh protested to Joshua, saying, 7 "Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these who stand by. 8 Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant, the Branch. 9 For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the engraving of it,' says Yahweh of Hosts, 'and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10 In that day,' says Yahweh of hosts, 'you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.'"
• Matt 5:25 : 25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.