Isaiah 50:9
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
See, the Sovereign LORD is on my side! Who will declare me guilty? All my enemies will be destroyed like old clothes that have been eaten by moths!

English Standard Version
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.

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.

King James Bible
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 King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Behold, the Lord GOD helps Me; Who is he who condemns Me? Behold, they will all wear out like a garment; A moth will eat them.

NASB 1995
Behold, the Lord GOD helps Me; Who is he who condemns Me? Behold, they will all wear out like a garment; The moth will eat them.

NASB 1977
Behold, the Lord GOD helps Me; Who is he who condemns Me? Behold, they will all wear out like a garment; The moth will eat them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, Lord Yahweh helps Me; Who is he who condemns Me? Behold, they will all wear out like a garment; The moth will eat them.

Amplified Bible
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.

Christian Standard Bible
In truth, the Lord GOD will help me; who will condemn me? Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment; a moth will devour them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In truth, the Lord GOD will help Me; who will condemn Me? Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment; a moth will devour them.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Behold LORD JEHOVAH God is a helper to me; who is condemning me? Behold, all of them wear out as clothing, and a moth will eat them

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Behold, the Lord, the Lord, will help me; who will hurt me? behold, all ye shall wax old as a garment, and a moth shall devour you.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD God will help me and prove I am innocent. My accusers will wear out like moth-eaten clothes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold the Lord God is my helper: who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, they shall all be destroyed as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.

English Revised Version
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The Almighty LORD helps me. Who will find me guilty? They will all wear out like a garment. Moths will eat them.

Good News Translation
The Sovereign LORD himself defends me--who, then, can prove me guilty? All my accusers will disappear; they will vanish like moth-eaten cloth.

International Standard Version
See! It is the Lord GOD who will help me. Who is it that will declare me guilty? See! They will all wear out like a garment; moths will eat them up.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; Who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall wax old as a garment, The moth shall eat them up.

Literal Standard Version
Behold, Lord YHWH gives help to Me, | Who [is] he that declares Me wicked? Behold, all of them wear out as a garment, | A moth eats them.

Majority 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.

New American Bible
See, the Lord GOD is my help; who will declare me guilty? See, they will all wear out like a garment, consumed by moths.

NET Bible
Look, the sovereign LORD helps me. Who dares to condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like clothes; a moth will eat away at them.

New Revised Standard Version
It is the Lord GOD who helps me; who will declare me guilty? All of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.

New Heart English Bible
Look, the LORD will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Look, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me! Who is he who will condemn me? Behold, they will all grow old like a garment. The moths will eat them up.

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.

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Context
The Servant's Obedience
8The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me! 9Surely 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. 10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.…

Cross References
James 5:2
Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

Job 13:28
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

Psalm 39:11
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

Isaiah 51:8
For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations."

Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me," declares the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? see, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

they all

Isaiah 51:6-8
Lift 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…

Job 13:28
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Psalm 39:11
When 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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Isaiah 50
1. Christ shows Israel's Sin is not to be imputed to him,
2. by his ability to save
5. By his obedience in that work
7. And by his confidence in that assistance
10. An exhortation to trust in God, and not in ourselves














(9) They all shall wax old as a garment.--An echo of Job 13:28; Psalm 102:26; reproduced in Isaiah 51:6.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Surely
הֵ֣ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֤י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

GOD
יְהוִה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

helps
יַֽעֲזָר־ (ya·‘ă·zār-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5826: To surround, protect, aid

Me.
לִ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

Who
מִי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

is there
ה֖וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

to condemn Me?
יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי (yar·šî·‘ê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7561: To be, wrong, to disturb, violate

See,
הֵ֤ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

they will all
כֻּלָּם֙ (kul·lām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

wear out
יִבְל֔וּ (yiḇ·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1086: To fail, to wear out, decay

like a garment;
כַּבֶּ֣גֶד (kab·be·ḡeḏ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

the moths
עָ֖שׁ (‘āš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6211: A moth

will devour them.
יֹאכְלֵֽם׃ (yō·ḵə·lêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat


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