KJV King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 50:9
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.
WEB World English Bible
Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
ASV American Standard Version
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Who is he that declareth me wicked? Lo, all of them as a garment wear out, A moth doth eat them.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 50
6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
8 [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.
9 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.
10 Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass [yourselves] about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks [that] ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הֵ֣ןH2005 · henlook!אֲדֹנָ֤יH136 · a.do.naiLordיְהוִה֙H3069 · ye.ho.vihYHWH/Godיַֽעֲזָר־H5826 · a.zarto helpלִ֔יH9030 · nimeמִי־H4310 · miwho?ה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itיַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִיH7561 · ra.sahbe wickedהֵ֤ןH2005 · henlook!כֻּלָּם֙H3605 · kolallכַּבֶּ֣גֶדH899 · be.gedtreacheryיִבְל֔וּH1086 · ba.lahto become oldעָ֖שׁH6211 · ashmothיֹאכְלֵֽם׃H398 · a.khalto eat
Cross-references
Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.Psalm 102:26They 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:Hebrews 1:11-12They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;Isaiah 41:10Fear 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.Isaiah 51:6-8Lift 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.Psalm 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man [is] vanity. Selah.
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