Isaiah 50:9

Isaiah 50:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)It is the Sovereign Lord who helps me. Who will condemn me? They will all wear out like a garment; the moths will eat them up.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, the Lord God helps me; who will declare me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely the Lord God will help Me; Who is he who will condemn Me? Indeed they will all grow old like a garment; The moth will eat them up.

Context of Isaiah 50:9

7For the Lord God helps Me, Therefore, I have not been ashamed or humiliated. Therefore, I have made My face like flint, And I know that I shall not be put to shame. 8He who declares Me in the right is near; Who will [dare to] contend with Me? Let us stand up to each other; Who is My adversary? Let him approach Me. In fact, the Lord God helps Me; Who is he who condemns Me [as guilty]? Indeed, they will all wear out like a garment; The moth will eat them. 10Who is among you who fears the Lord, Who obeys the voice of His Servant, Yet who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust and be confident in the name of the Lord and let him rely on his God. 11Listen carefully, all you who kindle your own fire [devising your own man-made plan of salvation], Who surround yourselves with torches, Walk by the light of your [self-made] fire And among the torches that you have set ablaze. But this you will have from My hand: You will lie down in [a place of] torment.

Isaiah 50:9 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• will helpעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826
• shall condemnרָשַׁעrâsha‛ · be wickedH7561
• me? lo, they all shall wax oldבָּלָהbâlâh · to become oldH1086
• as a garmentבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• the mothעָשׁ‛âsh ‛ăsab · mothH6211
• shall eat them upאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Isaiah 50:9

• Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, Then look to the earth beneath; For the heavens will be torn to pieces and vanish like smoke, And the earth will wear out like a garment And its inhabitants will die in like manner. But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness (justice) [and faithfully fulfilled promise] will not be broken.
• Job 13:28While I waste away like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
• Psalms 39:11With rebukes You discipline man for sin; You consume like a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.
• Psalms 102:26Even they will perish, but You endure; Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them and they shall be changed.
• Hebrews 1:11They will perish, but You remain [forever and ever]; And they will all wear out like a garment,

Commentaries on Isaiah 50:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The Lord God will help me - (See Isaiah 50:7). In the Hebrew this is, The Lord Jehovah,‘ as it is in Isaiah 50:7 also, and these are among the places where our translators have improperly rendered the word יהוה yehovâh (Jehovah) by the word God.‘ Who is he that shall condemn me? - If Yahweh is my advocate and friend, my cause must be right. Similar language is used by the apostle Paul: If God be for us, who can be against us?‘ Romans 8:31; and in Psalm…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-9Verses 4-9 As Jesus was God and man in one person, we find him sometimes speaking, or spoken of, as the Lord God; at other times, as man and the servant of Jehovah. He was to declare the truths which comfort the broken, contrite heart, those weary of sin, harassed with afflictions. And as the Holy Spirit was upon him, that he might speak as never man spake; so the same Divine influence daily wakened him to pray, to preach the gospel, and to receive and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Who is there to condemn Me?: This question expects the answer, “No one!” The servant is confident that no one can prove him guilty. This statement points forward to the New Testament teaching about justification (God declaring a person to be right with him). Paul speaks about this in Romans 8:31–35).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. (Compare "deal," or "proper," Is 52:13, Margin; Is 53:10; Psa 118:6; Jr 23:5). as a garment--(Is 51:6, 8; Psa 102:26). A leading constituent of wealth in the East is change of raiment, which is always liable to the inroads of the moth; hence the frequency of the image in Scripture.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 50:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Faith
• Jesus Continued
• Life
• Moth
• Righteous
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Moth
• Isaiah
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Saviour
• Servant of Jehovah; Servant of the Lord; Servant of Yahweh

Commentaries on Isaiah 50

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings