Isaiah 53
Lexham English Bible
53 Who has believed our message,
and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
2 For[a] he went[b] up like a shoot before him,
and like a root from dry ground.
He had no form and no majesty that[c] we should see him,
and no appearance that[d] we should take pleasure in him.
3 He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of suffering, and acquainted with[e] sickness,
and like one from whom others hide their faces,[f] he was despised,
and we did not hold him in high regard.
4 However, he was the one who lifted up our sicknesses,
and he carried our pain,
yet[g] we ourselves assumed him stricken,
struck down by God and afflicted.
5 But[h] he was pierced[i] because of our transgressions,
crushed because of our iniquities;
the chastisement for[j] our peace[k] was upon him,
and by his wounds[l] we were healed.[m]
6 All of us have wandered about like sheep;
we each have turned to his own way;
and Yahweh let fall on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet[n] he did not open his mouth;
he was brought like a lamb to the slaughter,
and like a sheep is dumb before its shearers,
so[o] he did not open his mouth.
8 He was taken by restraint of justice,
and who concerned himself with his generation?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
he received a blow because of the transgression of my people.
9 He made[p] his grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet[q] Yahweh was pleased to crush him;
he made him sick.[r]
If she[s] places[t] his life a guilt offering,[u]
he will see offspring.
He will prolong days,
and the will of Yahweh will succeed in his hand.
11 From the trouble of his life[v] he will see;[w]
he will be satisfied.
In his knowledge, the righteous one, my servant, shall declare many righteous,[x]
and he is the one who will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will divide to him a portion among the many,[y]
and with the strong ones he will divide bounty,
because[z] he poured his life out to death
and was counted with the transgressors;
and[aa] he was the one who bore the sin of many
and will intercede for the transgressors.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:2 Or “And”
- Isaiah 53:2 Or “grew”
- Isaiah 53:2 Or “and”
- Isaiah 53:2 Or “and”
- Isaiah 53:3 Or “knowledgeable of”
- Isaiah 53:3 Literally “hiding of face from him”
- Isaiah 53:4 Or “and”
- Isaiah 53:5 Or “And”
- Isaiah 53:5 Or “wounded”
- Isaiah 53:5 Or “of”
- Isaiah 53:5 Or “healing”
- Isaiah 53:5 Hebrew “wound”
- Isaiah 53:5 Literally “it was healed for us”
- Isaiah 53:7 Or “and”
- Isaiah 53:7 Or “and”
- Isaiah 53:9 Or “gave”
- Isaiah 53:10 Or “And”
- Isaiah 53:10 Literally “he made sick”
- Isaiah 53:10 Or “you”
- Isaiah 53:10 Or “makes”
- Isaiah 53:10 Or “compensation”
- Isaiah 53:11 Or “soul”
- Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls add “light”
- Isaiah 53:11 Or “right”
- Isaiah 53:12 Or “great”
- Isaiah 53:12 Literally “Instead of that”
- Isaiah 53:12 Or “yet”
Isaiah 53
American Standard Version
53 Who hath believed [a]our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; [b]and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised, and [c]rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with [d]grief: and [e]as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our [f]griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath [g]laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. 8 [h]By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who among them considered that he was cut off out of the land of the [i]living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due? 9 And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; [j]although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath [k]put him to grief: [l]when thou shalt make his soul [m]an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand. 11 [n]He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: [o]by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant [p]justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and [q]made intercession for the transgressors.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:1 Or, that which we have heard
- Isaiah 53:2 Or, that we should look upon him; nor beauty etc.
- Isaiah 53:3 Or, forsaken
- Isaiah 53:3 Hebrew sickness.
- Isaiah 53:3 Or, he hid as it were his face from us
- Isaiah 53:4 Hebrew sicknesses.
- Isaiah 53:6 Hebrew made to light.
- Isaiah 53:8 Or, From
- Isaiah 53:8 Or, living? for the transgression of my people was he stricken
- Isaiah 53:9 Or, because
- Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew made him sick.
- Isaiah 53:10 Or, when his soul shall make an offering
- Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew a trespass-offering.
- Isaiah 53:11 Or, He shall see and be satisfied with the travail etc.
- Isaiah 53:11 Or, by his knowledge
- Isaiah 53:11 Or, make many righteous
- Isaiah 53:12 Or, maketh
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