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World English Bible

Isaiah 53 (WEBP)

[1] 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 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.

Isaiah 53:11 So read the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint. Masoretic Text omits “the light”.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 53 (KJVS)

[1] Who hath believed () our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? ()
[2] For he shall grow up () before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see () him, there is no beauty that we should desire () him.
[3] He is despised () and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted () with grief: and we hid as it were () our faces from him; he was despised, () and we esteemed () him not.
[4] Surely he hath borne () our 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 the Lord hath laid () on him the iniquity of us all.
[7] He was oppressed, () and he was afflicted, () yet he opened () not his mouth: he is brought () as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers () is dumb, () so he openeth () not his mouth.
[8] He was taken () from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare () his generation? for he was cut off () out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
[9] And he made () his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done () no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
[10] Yet it pleased () the Lord to bruise () him; he hath put him to grief: () when thou shalt make () his soul an offering for sin, he shall see () his seed, he shall prolong () his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper () in his hand.
[11] He shall see () of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: () by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify () many; for 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 hath poured out () his soul unto death: and he was numbered () with the transgressors; () and he bare () the sin of many, and made intercession () for the transgressors. ()

Isaiah 53:1 Or, doctrine. Heb. hearing
Isaiah 53:5a Or, tormented
Isaiah 53:5b Heb. bruise
Isaiah 53:6 Heb. he hath made the iniquity of us all to meet on him
Isaiah 53:8 Heb. was the stroke upon him
Isaiah 53:9 Heb. deaths

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 53 (BYZ)

[1] κύριε, () τίς () ἐπίστευσεν () τῇ () ἀκοῇ () ἡμῶν; () Καὶ () ὁ () βραχίων () κυρίου () τίνι () ἀπεκαλύφθη; ()
[2] Ἀνηγγείλαμεν () ἐναντίον () αὐτοῦ () ὡς () παιδίον, () ὡς () ῥίζα () ἐν () γῇ () διψώσῃ, () οὐκ () ἔστιν () εἶδος () αὐτῷ () οὐδὲ () δόξα· () καὶ () εἴδομεν () αὐτόν, () καὶ () οὐκ () εἶχεν () εἶδος () οὐδὲ () κάλλος·
[3] ἀλλὰ () τὸ () εἶδος () αὐτοῦ () ἄτιμον () ἐκλεῖπον () παρὰ () πάντας () ἀνθρώπους, () ἄνθρωπος () ἐν () πληγῇ () ὢν () καὶ () εἰδὼς () φέρειν () μαλακίαν, () ὅτι () ἀπέστραπται () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ, () ἠτιμάσθη () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐλογίσθη. ()
[4] Οὗτος () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας () ἡμῶν () φέρει () καὶ () περὶ () ἡμῶν () ὀδυνᾶται, () καὶ () ἡμεῖς () ἐλογισάμεθα () αὐτὸν () εἶναι () ἐν () πόνῳ () καὶ () ἐν () πληγῇ () καὶ () ἐν () κακώσει. ()
[5] Αὐτὸς () δὲ () ἐτραυματίσθη () διὰ () τὰς () ἀνομίας () ἡμῶν () καὶ () μεμαλάκισται διὰ () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας () ἡμῶν· () παιδεία () εἰρήνης () ἡμῶν () ἐπ’ () αὐτόν, () τῷ () μώλωπι () αὐτοῦ () ἡμεῖς () ἰάθημεν. ()
[6] Πάντες () ὡς () πρόβατα () ἐπλανήθημεν, () ἄνθρωπος () τῇ () ὁδῷ () αὐτοῦ () ἐπλανήθη· () καὶ () κύριος () παρέδωκεν () αὐτὸν () ταῖς () ἁμαρτίαις () ἡμῶν. ()
[7] Καὶ () αὐτὸς () διὰ () τὸ () κεκακῶσθαι () οὐκ () ἀνοίγει () τὸ () στόμα· () ὡς () πρόβατον () ἐπὶ () σφαγὴν () ἤχθη () καὶ () ὡς () ἀμνὸς () ἐναντίον () τοῦ () κείροντος () αὐτὸν () ἄφωνος () οὕτως () οὐκ () ἀνοίγει () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτοῦ. ()
[8] Ἐν () τῇ () ταπεινώσει () ἡ () κρίσις () αὐτοῦ () ἤρθη· () τὴν () γενεὰν () αὐτοῦ () τίς () διηγήσεται; () Ὅτι () αἴρεται () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς () ἡ () ζωὴ () αὐτοῦ, () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἀνομιῶν () τοῦ () λαοῦ () μου () ἤχθη () εἰς () θάνατον. ()
[9] Καὶ () δώσω () τοὺς () πονηροὺς () ἀντὶ () τῆς () ταφῆς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τοὺς () πλουσίους () ἀντὶ () τοῦ () θανάτου () αὐτοῦ· () ὅτι () ἀνομίαν () οὐκ () ἐποίησεν, () οὐδὲ () εὑρέθη () δόλος () ἐν () τῷ () στόματι () αὐτοῦ. ()
[10] Καὶ () κύριος () βούλεται () καθαρίσαι () αὐτὸν () τῆς () πληγῆς· () ἐὰν () δῶτε () περὶ () ἁμαρτίας, () ἡ () ψυχὴ () ὑμῶν () ὄψεται () σπέρμα () μακρόβιον· καὶ () βούλεται () κύριος () ἀφελεῖν ()
[11] ἀπὸ () τοῦ () πόνου () τῆς () ψυχῆς () αὐτοῦ, () δεῖξαι () αὐτῷ () φῶς () καὶ () πλάσαι () τῇ () συνέσει, () δικαιῶσαι () δίκαιον () εὖ () δουλεύοντα () πολλοῖς, () καὶ () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας () αὐτῶν () αὐτὸς () ἀνοίσει. ()
[12] Διὰ () τοῦτο () αὐτὸς () κληρονομήσει () πολλοὺς () καὶ () τῶν () ἰσχυρῶν () μεριεῖ () σκῦλα, () ἀνθ’ () ὧν () παρεδόθη () εἰς () θάνατον () ἡ () ψυχὴ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐν () τοῖς () ἀνόμοις () ἐλογίσθη· () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἁμαρτίας () πολλῶν () ἀνήνεγκεν () καὶ () διὰ () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας () αὐτῶν () παρεδόθη. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.