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
World English Bible
53 Who has believed our message?
To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant,
and as a root out of dry ground.
He has no good looks or majesty.
When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He was despised
and rejected by men,
a man of suffering
and acquainted with disease.
He was despised as one from whom men hide their face;
and we didn’t respect him.
4 Surely he has borne our sickness
and carried our suffering;
yet we considered him plagued,
struck by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions.
He was crushed for our iniquities.
The punishment that brought our peace was on him;
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray.
Everyone has turned to his own way;
and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed,
yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth.
As a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he didn’t open his mouth.
8 He was taken away by oppression and judgment.
As for his generation,
who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living
and stricken for the disobedience of my people?
9 They made his grave with the wicked,
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him.
He has caused him to suffer.
When you make his soul an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring.
He will prolong his days
and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
11 After the suffering of his soul,
he will see the light[a] and be satisfied.
My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself;
and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion with the great.
He will divide the plunder with the strong;
because he poured out his soul to death
and was counted with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sins of many
and made intercession for the transgressors.
Footnotes
- 53:11 So read the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint. Masoretic Text omits “the light”.
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