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Isaiah 53:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Isaiah 53:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 He grew up like a sapling before him,(A)
like a shoot from the parched earth;
He had no majestic bearing to catch our eye,
no beauty to draw us to him.
3 He was spurned and avoided by men,
a man of suffering, knowing pain,
Like one from whom you turn your face,
spurned, and we held him in no esteem.(B)
4 Yet it was our pain that he bore,
our sufferings he endured.
We thought of him as stricken,
struck down by God[a] and afflicted,(C)
Footnotes
- 53:4 Struck down by God: the Bible often sees suffering as a punishment for sin (e.g., Ps 6:2; 32:1–5), yet sin sometimes appears to go unpunished and the innocent often suffer (cf. Ps 73; the Book of Job). In the case of the servant, the onlookers initially judge him guilty because of his suffering but, in some way not explained, they come to understand that his sufferings are for the sins of others. One notes the element of surprise, for such vicarious suffering, in the form described here, is without parallel in the Old Testament.
Isaiah 53:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Isaiah 53:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by others;
a man of suffering[a] and acquainted with infirmity;
and as one from whom others hide their faces[b]
he was despised, and we held him of no account.
4 Surely he has borne our infirmities
and carried our diseases;
yet we accounted him stricken,
struck down by God, and afflicted.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:3 Or a man of sorrows
- Isaiah 53:3 Or as one who hides his face from us
Isaiah 53:2-4
Good News Translation
Isaiah 53:2-4
Good News Translation
2 It was the will of the Lord that his servant
grow like a plant taking root in dry ground.
He had no dignity or beauty
to make us take notice of him.
There was nothing attractive about him,
nothing that would draw us to him.
3 We despised him and rejected him;
he endured suffering and pain.
No one would even look at him—
we ignored him as if he were nothing.
4 (A)“But he endured the suffering that should have been ours,
the pain that we should have borne.
All the while we thought that his suffering
was punishment sent by God.
Isaiah 53:2-4
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 53:2-4
New American Standard Bible
2 For He grew up before Him like a (A)tender [a]shoot,
And like a root out of dry ground;
He has (B)no stately form or majesty
That we would look at Him,
Nor an appearance that we would take pleasure in Him.
3 He was (C)despised and abandoned by men,
A man of [b]great pain and (D)familiar with sickness;
And like one from whom people hide their faces,
He was (E)despised, and we had no (F)regard for Him.
4 However, it was our sicknesses that He Himself (G)bore,
And our pains that He carried;
Yet we ourselves assumed that He had been afflicted,
Struck down by (H)God, and humiliated.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:2 Lit suckling
- Isaiah 53:3 Lit pains
Isaiah 53:2-4
New International Version
Isaiah 53:2-4
New International Version
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,(A)
and like a root(B) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance(C) that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering,(D) and familiar with pain.(E)
Like one from whom people hide(F) their faces
he was despised,(G) and we held him in low esteem.
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