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Isaiah 50

Isa. 50:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heg is near
qarowb (Hebrew #7138)
from 7126; near (in place, kindred or time)
KJV usage: allied, approach, at hand, + any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).
Pronounce: kaw-robe'
Origin: or qarob {kaw-robe'}
that justifieth
tsadaq (Hebrew #6663)
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
KJV usage: cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
Pronounce: tsaw-dak'
Origin: a primitive root
me; who will contend
riyb (Hebrew #7378)
a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or ruwb {roob}
with me? let us stand
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
together
yachad (Hebrew #3162)
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
KJV usage: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.
Pronounce: yakh'-ad
Origin: from 3161
: who is βmine adversary
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
ba`al (Hebrew #1167)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
KJV usage: + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
Pronounce: bah'-al
Origin: from 1166
h? let him come near
nagash (Hebrew #5066)
to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; relig. to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back
KJV usage: (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
Pronounce: naw-gash'
Origin: a primitive root
to me.
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Rom. 8:32‑34• 32He at least that spared not his own Son but gave him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely grant us all things?
 33Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth:
 34who is he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather risen too, who is also at [the] right hand of God, who also pleadeth for us: (Rom. 8:32‑34)
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the master of my cause.
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Zech. 3:1• 1{i}And{/i} he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. (Zech. 3:1)
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Rev. 12:10• 10And I heard a loud voice in the heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast {i}out{/i} that accused them before our God day and night. (Rev. 12:10)

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near that.
Rom. 8:32‑34• 32He at least that spared not his own Son but gave him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely grant us all things?
 33Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth:
 34who is he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather risen too, who is also at [the] right hand of God, who also pleadeth for us: (Rom. 8:32‑34)
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1 Tim. 3:16• 16And confessedly great is the mystery of piety: he who was manifested in flesh, was justified in Spirit, appeared unto angels, was preached among Gentiles, was believed on in [the] world, was received up in glory. (1 Tim. 3:16)
let us.
Isa. 41:1,21• 1Keep silence before me, islands, and let the peoples renew [their] strength: let them come near, then let them speak; let us draw near together to judgment.
 21Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong [reasons] saith the King of Jacob. (Isa. 41:1,21)
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Ex. 22:9• 9{i}As to all manner of fraud, —as to ox, as to ass, as to sheep, as to clothing, as to everything lost, of which a man saith, It is this—the cause of both parties shall come before the judges: he whom the judges shall condemn shall restore double to his neighbour.{/i} (Ex. 22:9)
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Deut. 19:17• 17{i}then both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;{/i} (Deut. 19:17)
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Job 23:3‑7• 3O that I knew where to find him!{HR}I would come unto his chair of state,
 4I would draw up the cause before him,{HR}And would fill my mouth with arguments;
 5I would know the words he would answer me,{HR}And understand what he would say to me.
 6Would he contend with me by main strength?{HR}Nay, but he would give heed to me.
 7There would a righteous one be pleading with him,{HR}And I should be forever quit of my judge. (Job 23:3‑7)
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Matt. 5:25• 25Make friends with thine adversary quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the official, and thou be cast into prison. (Matt. 5:25)
mine adversary.
Heb. the master of my cause.
Zech. 3:1‑10• 1{i}And{/i} he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
 2And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan; even Jehovah that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
 3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
 4{i}And he spoke and said unto those that stood before him, saying,{/i} Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with costly raiment.
 5And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre on his head, and clothed him with the garments. And the angel of Jehovah stood up.
 6And the angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying,
 7Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, {i}and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts; and I will give thee a place to walk among these that stand by.{/i}
 8Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy companions that sit before thee: for they are men of a sign or portent: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
 9For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon the one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
 10In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. (Zech. 3:1‑10)
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Rev. 12:10• 10And I heard a loud voice in the heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast {i}out{/i} that accused them before our God day and night. (Rev. 12:10)
• As verses 8 and 9 intimated, the day will come when He shall be vindicated and His adversaries confounded and brought under judgment. So here again, as is so often in these prophecies, the two advents are brought together though many centuries come between them. Verses 5-7 have been fulfilled when He came in grace. Verses 8 and 9 will be fulfilled when He comes in judgment. (“Isaiah 50” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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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 draw near to me.