Isaiah Chapter 50 verse 8 Holy Bible
He is near that justifieth me; who will content with me? let us stand up together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
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He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.
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He is near that justifieth me: who will contend with me? let us stand together; who is mine adverse party? let him draw near unto me.
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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.
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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.
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Near `is' He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together, who `is' mine opponent? Let him come nigh unto me.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 8, 9. - He is near that justifieth me. God, who knows his innocence, is near at hand, and will shortly "make his righteousness clear as the noonday." This was done when God raised up from the dead "the Holy One and the Just" (Acts 3:14). whom cruel men "by wicked hands had crucified and slain" (Acts 2:23). By the resurrection God acquitted Christ of the charge of blasphemy on which he had been condemned, and proclaimed him "holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners" (Hebrews 7:26). Who will contend with me? (compare St. Paul's words in Romans 8:33, 34, "It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth?"). God is the sole Judge of all men - of the "Servant" in his human capacity, no less than of others. If he acquits, it is idle for any accuser to stand forth and "contend" or "condemn" (ver. 9). God will help the innocent, whom he has acquitted, and will destroy the accuser by a secret but most sure destruction. The moth shall eat them up (comp. Psalm 39:11, and infra, Isaiah 51:8).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) He is near that justifieth--i.e., declares innocent and righteous. Appealing from the unrighteous judges of the earth, the Servant commits himself to Him who judges righteously (Luke 23:46). With that Judge to declare his innocence, what does he care for the accuser? (Comp. Romans 8:33-34.)Who is mine adversary?--Literally, the master of a law-suit, i.e., the prosecutor.
