Isaias 50:8
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.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Juxta est qui justificat me ; quis contradicet mihi ? Stemus simul ; quis est adversarius meus ? accedat ad me.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὅτι ἐγγίζει ὁ δικαιώσας με· τίς ὁ κρινόμενός μοι; ἀντιστήτω μοι ἅμα· καὶ τίς ὁ κρινόμενός μοι; ἐγγισάτω μοι.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- קָרוֹב֙ מַצְדִּיקִ֔י מִֽי יָרִ֥יב אִתִּ֖י נַ֣עַמְדָה יָּ֑חַד מִֽי בַ֥עַל מִשְׁפָּטִ֖י יִגַּ֥שׁ אֵלָֽי
The Fathers on this verse
The Epistle of Barnabas The Epistle of Barnabas, Chapter VI. The sufferings of
When, therefore, He has fulfilled the commandment, what saith He? “Who is he that will contend with Me? let him oppose Me: or who is he that will enter into judgment with Me? let him draw near to the servant of the Lord.” “Woe unto you, for ye shall all wax old, like a garment, and the moth shall eat you up.” And again the prophet says, “Since as a mighty stone He is laid for crushing, behold I cast down for the foundations of Zion a stone, precious, elect, a corner-stone, honourable.” Next, what says He? “And he who shall trust in it shall live for ever.” Is our hope, then, upon a stone? Far from it. …
St John Chrysostom Letters of St. Chrysostom to Olympias, To My Lady
2. Nevertheless, you will say, adversity is a terrible thing and grievous to be borne. Yet look at it again compared with another image and then also learn to despise it. For the railings, and insults, and reproaches, and gibes inflicted by enemies, and their plots are compared to a worn-out garment, and moth-eaten wool when God says “Fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings, for they shall wax old as doth a garment, and like moth-eaten wool so shall they be consumed.” Therefore let none of these things which are happening trouble thee, but ceasing to invoke the aid of this or that person, and to run after shadows (for such are human alliances), do thou persistently call upon Jesus, whom thou servest, merely to bow his head; and in a moment of time all these evils will be dissolved. …