Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 53:8
8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living;1 He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
Isaiah 53:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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 the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?
- New King James Version (NKJV)He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
Context of Isaiah 53:8
6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all. 7He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people. 9He was assigned a 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. 10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
Read all of Isaiah 53Isaiah 53:8 word by word
מֵעֹ֤צֶר וּמִמִּשְׁפָּט֙ לֻקָּ֔ח וְאֶת־דּוֹר֖וֹ מִ֣י יְשׂוֹחֵ֑חַ כִּ֤י נִגְזַר֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּ֔ים מִפֶּ֥שַׁע עַמִּ֖י נֶ֥גַע לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear
- By oppressionעֹ֫צֶר‛ôtser · coercionH6115
- and judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
- He was taken awayלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- andאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- whoמִיmîy · who?H4310
- can recountשִׂיחַώîyach · to museH7878
- His descendantsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
- Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
- He was cut offגָּזַרgâzar · to cutH1504
- from the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of the livingחַיchay · aliveH2416
- He was strickenנֶ֫גַעnega‛ · plagueH5061
- for the transgressionפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
- of My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
Cross-references for Isaiah 53:8
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
- Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
- Matthew 26:65At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
- John 19:7“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
- Matthew 1:1This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
- Acts 8:33In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
- Romans 1:4and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
- John 11:49But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
Commentaries on Isaiah 53:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8And who shall declare his generation "And his manner of life who would declare" - A learned friend has communicated to me the following passages from the Mishna, and the Gemara of Babylon, as leading to a satisfactory explication of this difficult place. It is said in the former, that before any one was punished for a capital crime, proclamation was made before the prisoner by the public crier, in these words: עליו וילמד יבא זכות לו שיודע מי כל col mi…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8He was taken from prison - Margin, Away by distress and judgment.‘ The general idea in this verse is, that the sufferings which he endured for his people were terminated by his being, after some form of trial, cut off out of the land of the living. Lowth renders this, By an oppressive judgment he was taken off.‘ Noyes, By oppression and punishment he was taken away.‘ The Septuagint renders it, In his humiliation ( ̓ ͂ͅ ́ en tē tapeinōsei ), his judgment…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-9Verses 4-9 In these verses is an account of the sufferings of Christ; also of the design of his sufferings. It was for our sins, and in our stead, that our Lord Jesus suffered. We have all sinned, and have come short of the glory of God. Sinners have their beloved sin, their own evil way, of which they are fond. Our sins deserve all griefs and sorrows, even the most severe. We are saved from the ruin, to which by sin we become liable, by laying our sins…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8By oppression and judgment: The servant will not receive legal protection or a proper defense. cut off from the land of the living: To die in midlife was understood to be God’s judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Rather, "He was taken away (that is, cut off) by oppression and by a judicial sentence"; a hendiadys for, "by an oppressive judicial sentence" [Lowth and Hengstenberg]. Gesenius not so well, "He was delivered from oppression and punishment" only by death. English Version also translates, "from ... from," not "by ... by." But "prison" is not true of Jesus, who was not incarcerated; restraint and bonds (Joh 18:24) more accord with the Hebrew. Ac 8:33…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Isaiah 53:8 LXX In humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth; cited in Acts 8:32–33. ↩
Commentaries on Isaiah 53
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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