Isaiah 53
Legacy Standard Bible
The Suffering Servant
53 (A)Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
2 For He grew up before Him like a (B)tender [a]shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has (C)no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should desire Him.
3 He was (D)despised and forsaken of men,
A man of [b]sorrows and (E)acquainted with [c]grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was (F)despised, and we did not (G)esteem Him.
4 Surely our [d]griefs He Himself [e](H)bore,
And our [f]sorrows He [g]carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
[h]Smitten of (I)God, and afflicted.
5 But He was [i]pierced through for (J)our transgressions,
He was crushed for (K)our iniquities;
The (L)chastening for our peace fell upon Him,
And by (M)His [j]wounds we are healed.
6 All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But Yahweh has caused the iniquity of us all
To [k]fall on Him.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not (N)open His mouth;
(O)Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of [l]the living,
(P)That for the transgression of my people, striking was due to Him?
9 So His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a (Q)rich man in His death,
(R)Because He had (S)done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
10 But [m]Yahweh was pleased
To (T)crush Him, [n](U)putting Him to grief;
If You would place His soul as a guilt (V)offering,
He will see (W)His seed,
He will prolong His days,
And the [o]good (X)pleasure of Yahweh will succeed in His hand.
11 As a result of the [p]anguish of His soul,
He will (Y)see [q]it and be satisfied;
By His (Z)knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will [r]justify the many,
As He will (AA)bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will divide for Him a (AB)portion with the many,
And He will divide the spoil with the strong;
Because He poured out (AC)His soul to death,
And was (AD)numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself [s](AE)bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:2 Lit suckling
- Isaiah 53:3 Or pains
- Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness
- Isaiah 53:4 Or sickness
- Isaiah 53:4 Or carried
- Isaiah 53:4 Or pains
- Isaiah 53:4 Or bore
- Isaiah 53:4 Or Struck down by
- Isaiah 53:5 Or wounded
- Isaiah 53:5 Lit wound
- Isaiah 53:6 Lit encounter Him
- Isaiah 53:8 Or life
- Isaiah 53:10 Or it was the desire of Yahweh, cf. Ps 40:6
- Isaiah 53:10 Or He put Him to grief; lit He made Him sick
- Isaiah 53:10 Or will of, desire of; cf. Ps 40:6
- Isaiah 53:11 Or toilsome labor
- Isaiah 53:11 Or light
- Isaiah 53:11 Or declare the many righteous, cf. 53:11a; 5:23
- Isaiah 53:12 Or carried
Isaiah 53
International Standard Version
53 “Who[a] has believed our message,
and[b] to[c] whom has the arm[d] of the Lord been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him like a tender plant,
and like a root out of a dry ground;
he had no form and he had[e] no majesty that we should look at him,[f]
and there is no attractiveness that we should desire him.[g]
3 “He was despised and rejected by others,
and[h] a man of sorrows,
intimately familiar with[i] suffering;
and like one from whom people hide their faces;
and[j] we despised him[k]
and did not value him.
4 “Surely he has borne our sufferings
and carried our sorrows;
yet we considered him stricken,
and[l] struck down by God,
and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions,
and[m] he was crushed for our iniquities,
and[n] the punishment that made us whole was upon him,
and by his bruises we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray,
we have turned, each of us, to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and he was afflicted,
yet he didn’t open his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
as[o] a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open[p] his mouth.
8 “From detention and[q] judgment he was taken away[r]—
and who can even think about his descendants?[s]
For he was cut off from the land of the living,
he was stricken[t] for the transgression of my people.
9 Then they made[u] his grave with the wicked,
and with rich people[v] in his death,[w]
although he had committed no violence,
nor was there any deceit in his mouth.”
The Exaltation of the Servant
10 “Yet the Lord was willing to crush him,
and he made him suffer.[x]
Although you make his soul an offering for sin,
he[y] will see his offspring,
and[z] he will prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will triumph in his hand.
11 Out of the suffering of his soul he will see light[aa]
and[ab] find satisfaction.
And[ac] through his knowledge his servant,[ad] the righteous one,
will make many righteous,
and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great,[ae]
and he will divide the spoils with the strong;
because he poured out his life to death,
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he carried the sins[af] of many,
and made intercession for their transgressions.”[ag]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT; LXX reads Lord, who
- Isaiah 53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT lacks and
- Isaiah 53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads upon
- Isaiah 53:1 I.e. the Messiah
- Isaiah 53:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack he had
- Isaiah 53:2 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT LXX; 1QIsaa may read at ourselves
- Isaiah 53:2 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 1QIsaa may read desire ourselves
- Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack and
- Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and acquainted with; 1QIsab reads and knowing
- Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lacks and
- Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read he was despised
- Isaiah 53:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and
- Isaiah 53:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and
- Isaiah 53:5 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lack and
- Isaiah 53:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and as
- Isaiah 53:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads does not open
- Isaiah 53:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 1QIsab lacks and
- Isaiah 53:8 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 1QIsab reads judgment they took him away
- Isaiah 53:8 Or future
- Isaiah 53:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads living, an affliction
- Isaiah 53:9 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read he made; LXX reads I will give
- Isaiah 53:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector MT read with a rich man
- Isaiah 53:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads deaths
- Isaiah 53:10 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read he made him suffer; LXX reads with a blow
- Isaiah 53:10 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads And he
- Isaiah 53:10 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; 1QIsab MT lack and
- Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads He will see of the suffering of his soul
- Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; MT lacks and
- Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT lacks And
- Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read my servant
- Isaiah 53:12 I.e. an allusion to the resurrection
- Isaiah 53:12 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads the sin
- Isaiah 53:12 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads for the transgressors
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