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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

  1. Isaiah 53:2 Lit suckling
  2. Isaiah 53:3 Or pains
  3. Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness
  4. Isaiah 53:4 Or sickness
  5. Isaiah 53:4 Or carried
  6. Isaiah 53:4 Or pains
  7. Isaiah 53:4 Or bore
  8. Isaiah 53:4 Or Struck down by
  9. Isaiah 53:5 Or wounded
  10. Isaiah 53:5 Lit wound
  11. Isaiah 53:6 Lit encounter Him
  12. Isaiah 53:8 Or life
  13. Isaiah 53:10 Or it was the desire of Yahweh, cf. Ps 40:6
  14. Isaiah 53:10 Or He put Him to grief; lit He made Him sick
  15. Isaiah 53:10 Or will of, desire of; cf. Ps 40:6
  16. Isaiah 53:11 Or toilsome labor
  17. Isaiah 53:11 Or light
  18. Isaiah 53:11 Or declare the many righteous, cf. 53:11a; 5:23
  19. Isaiah 53:12 Or carried
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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

  1. Isaiah 53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT; LXX reads Lord, who
  2. Isaiah 53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT lacks and
  3. Isaiah 53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads upon
  4. Isaiah 53:1 I.e. the Messiah
  5. Isaiah 53:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack he had
  6. Isaiah 53:2 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT LXX; 1QIsaa may read at ourselves
  7. Isaiah 53:2 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 1QIsaa may read desire ourselves
  8. Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack and
  9. Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and acquainted with; 1QIsab reads and knowing
  10. Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lacks and
  11. Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read he was despised
  12. Isaiah 53:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and
  13. Isaiah 53:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and
  14. Isaiah 53:5 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lack and
  15. Isaiah 53:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and as
  16. Isaiah 53:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads does not open
  17. Isaiah 53:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 1QIsab lacks and
  18. Isaiah 53:8 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 1QIsab reads judgment they took him away
  19. Isaiah 53:8 Or future
  20. Isaiah 53:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads living, an affliction
  21. Isaiah 53:9 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read he made; LXX reads I will give
  22. Isaiah 53:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector MT read with a rich man
  23. Isaiah 53:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads deaths
  24. Isaiah 53:10 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read he made him suffer; LXX reads with a blow
  25. Isaiah 53:10 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads And he
  26. Isaiah 53:10 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; 1QIsab MT lack and
  27. Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads He will see of the suffering of his soul
  28. Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; MT lacks and
  29. Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT lacks And
  30. Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read my servant
  31. Isaiah 53:12 I.e. an allusion to the resurrection
  32. Isaiah 53:12 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads the sin
  33. Isaiah 53:12 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads for the transgressors
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Isaiah 53
New International Version

53 Who has believed our message(A)
    and to whom has the arm(B) of the Lord been revealed?(C)
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,(D)
    and like a root(E) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance(F) that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,(G) and familiar with pain.(H)
Like one from whom people hide(I) their faces
    he was despised,(J) and we held him in low esteem.

4 Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,(K)
yet we considered him punished by God,(L)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.(M)
5 But he was pierced(N) for our transgressions,(O)
    he was crushed(P) for our iniquities;
the punishment(Q) that brought us peace(R) was on him,
    and by his wounds(S) we are healed.(T)
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,(U)
    each of us has turned to our own way;(V)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity(W) of us all.

7 He was oppressed(X) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;(Y)
he was led like a lamb(Z) to the slaughter,(AA)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression[a] and judgment(AB) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;(AC)
    for the transgression(AD) of my people he was punished.[b]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,(AE)
    and with the rich(AF) in his death,
though he had done no violence,(AG)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.(AH)

10 Yet it was the Lord’s will(AI) to crush(AJ) him and cause him to suffer,(AK)
    and though the Lord makes[c] his life an offering for sin,(AL)
he will see his offspring(AM) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper(AN) in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,(AO)
    he will see the light(AP) of life[d] and be satisfied[e];
by his knowledge[f] my righteous servant(AQ) will justify(AR) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.(AS)
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[g](AT)
    and he will divide the spoils(AU) with the strong,[h]
because he poured out his life unto death,(AV)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.(AW)
For he bore(AX) the sin of many,(AY)
    and made intercession(AZ) for the transgressors.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
  2. Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?
  3. Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make
  4. Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life.
  5. Isaiah 53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) 11 He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied
  6. Isaiah 53:11 Or by knowledge of him
  7. Isaiah 53:12 Or many
  8. Isaiah 53:12 Or numerous
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