Who is there that will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.
Isaiah 50:8 - Revised Standard Version he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He is near Who declares Me in the right. Who will contend with Me? Let us stand forth together! Who is My adversary? Let him come near to Me. [Rom. 8:33-35; I Tim. 3:16.] American Standard Version (1901) He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand up together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. Common English Bible The one who will declare me innocent is near. Who will argue with me? Let’s stand up together. Who will bring judgment against me? Let him approach me. Catholic Public Domain Version He who justifies me is near. Who will speak against me? Let us stand together. Who is my adversary? Let him approach me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He is near that justifieth me. Who will contend with me? Let us stand together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me. |
Who is there that will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.
“For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for ass, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment.
Set forth your case, says the Lord; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.
Put me in remembrance, let us argue together; set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
no weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.”
Make friends quickly with your accuser, while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison;
then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days;
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of our religion: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.