Isaiah 53:8

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 went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all. 7He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter and like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not open his mouth. He was taken away because of oppression and judgment, and who considered his fate? For he was cut off from the land of the living; he was struck because of my people’s rebellion. 9He was assigned a grave with the wicked, but he was with a rich man at his death, because he had done no violence and had not spoken deceitfully. 10Yet the Lord was pleased to crush him severely. When you make him a guilt offering, he will see his seed, he will prolong his days, and by his hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.

Isaiah 53:8 word by word

מֵעֹ֤צֶר וּמִמִּשְׁפָּט֙ לֻקָּ֔ח וְאֶת־דּוֹר֖וֹ מִ֣י יְשׂוֹחֵ֑חַ כִּ֤י נִגְזַר֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּ֔ים מִפֶּ֥שַׁע עַמִּ֖י נֶ֥גַע לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He was takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• from prisonעֹ֫צֶר‛ôtser · coercionH6115
• and from judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• and who shall declareשִׂיחַώîyach · to museH7878
• his generationדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• for he was cut offגָּזַרgâzar · to cutH1504
• out of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of the livingחַיchay · aliveH2416
• for the transgressionפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• was he strickenנֶ֫גַעnega‛ · plagueH5061

Cross-references for Isaiah 53:8

• Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.
• Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the city gate talk about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.
• Matthew 26:65Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? See, now you’ve heard the blasphemy.
• John 19:7“We have a law,” the Jews replied to him, “and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
• Matthew 1:1An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
• Acts 8:33In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who will describe his generation? For his life is taken from the earth.
• Romans 1:4and was appointed to be the powerful Son of God according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection of the dead.
• Daniel 9:26After those sixty-two weeks the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the coming ruler will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come with a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations are decreed.
• John 11:49One of them, 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, that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive by 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

Topics related to Isaiah 53:8

• Atonement
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution
• Quotations and Allusions

In the dictionaries

• Acquaint
• Bear
• Chastisement
• Covenant
• Generation
• Humiliation of Christ
• Intercession
• Lay
• Offering
• Stripe

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