Isaiah 53:3

Isaiah 53:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Context of Isaiah 53:3

1Will anyone believe the news that we have to tell people? Will anyone understand how the Lord has used his great power? 2God's servant grew up in front of him, like a young, green plant, with its roots in dry ground. He was not handsome. He did not seem like a great king. We did not see him as a special person. There was nothing to see that would make us want to be with him. People did not respect him. They refused to accept him. He was a man who received much pain. He knew what it felt like to be weak and ill. People did not even want to look at him. They did not respect him. We decided that he was worth nothing. 4But he took away all our weakness! He carried our pain for us. We thought that he was receiving punishment for his own sins. We thought that God was causing him to suffer. 5But it was our sins that caused his wounds. The bad things that we had done crushed him. The punishment that he received has brought peace to us. The wounds that he received have made us well.

Isaiah 53:3 word by word

נִבְזֶה֙ וַחֲדַ֣ל אִישִׁ֔ים אִ֥ישׁ מַכְאֹב֖וֹת וִיד֣וּעַ חֹ֑לִי וּכְמַסְתֵּ֤ר פָּנִים֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ נִבְזֶ֖ה וְלֹ֥א חֲשַׁבְנֻֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He is despisedבָּזָהbâzâh · to despiseH959
• and rejectedחָדֵלchâdêl · rejected/fleetingH2310
• of menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of sorrowsמַכְאוֹבmak'ôb mak'ôb mak'ôbâh · painH4341
• and acquaintedיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• with griefחֳלִיchŏlîy · sicknessH2483
• and we hid as it wereמַסְתֵּרmastêr · hidingH4564
• facesפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• and we esteemedחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: countH2803

Cross-references for Isaiah 53:3

• Isaiah 49:7The Lord is Israel's Redeemer, their Holy God. Nations refuse to accept his servant. Their people hate him and their rulers have made him their slave. The Lord says to his servant, ‘Kings will see you and they will rise up to respect you. Princes will bend down low in front of you. They will see that the Lord is faithful. He is Israel's Holy God, who has chosen you to serve him.’
• Isaiah 50:6I offered my back to the people who hit me. I offered my face to the people who pulled out my beard. When they insulted me and they spat at me, I did not hide my face from them.
• Psalms 22:6People insult me. They think that I am worth nothing. It seems that I am only a worm, and I am not really a man.
• Psalms 69:10When I weep and I stop eating food, it causes people to insult me.
• Micah 5:1Soldiers in Jerusalem, come together! Get ready, because your enemies are attacking you. They are all round the city, ready to fight. They will hit Israel's ruler on his face with a stick.
• Zechariah 11:8In one month, I sent away three shepherds. They did not like me and I was not patient with them.
• Matthew 26:67Then some of them spat into Jesus' face. They also hit him with their fists.
• Matthew 27:39The people who walked near there insulted Jesus. They laughed at him,
• Mark 9:12Jesus said to them, ‘Elijah does come first. He makes everything ready. But what is written in the Bible about the Son of Man? It says that people will cause him to suffer a lot. They will think that he is nothing.
• Mark 15:19They took a stick and they hit him on the head with it many times. They spat on him. Then they went down on their knees in front of him. They told him how great he was.
• Luke 8:53But the people knew that she had died. So they laughed at him.
• Luke 9:22Then he said, ‘The Son of Man will have to suffer in many ways. The important Jews, the leaders of the priests and the teachers of God's Law will turn against him. People will kill him, but three days later God will cause him to become alive again.’
• Luke 16:14The Pharisees heard all this. They loved money very much, so they laughed at Jesus. They said to him, ‘You are wrong.’
• Luke 23:18But the crowd all shouted together, ‘Take this man away and kill him! We want Barabbas to go free.’
• John 8:48The Jews answered him, ‘What we say about you is right! You are from Samaria and you have a demon in you!’
• Hebrews 12:2As we run, we must always look towards Jesus. He is the one who trusted God completely. Our faith starts with him, and he will help us to trust God all the way to the end. Jesus accepted punishment on the cross. He chose to receive much pain. He did not think about being ashamed to die like that. He knew that God had prepared something very good for him that would make him happy. Now he has sat down at the right side of God to rule with him in heaven.

Commentaries on Isaiah 53:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Acquainted with grief - For וידוע vidua, familiar with grief, eight MSS. and one edition have וירע veyada, and knowing grief; the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read it ויודע veyodea . We hid as it were our faces from him "As one that hideth his face from us" - For וכמסתר uchemaster, four MSS. (two ancient) have וכמסתיר uchemastir, one MS. ומסתיר umastir . For פנים panim, two MSS. have פניו panaiu ; so likewise the Septuagint and Vulgate. Mourners…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3He is despised - This requires no explanation; and it needs no comment to show that it was fulfilled. The Redeemer was eminently the object of contempt and scorn alike by the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Romans. In his life on earth it was so; in his death it was still so; and since then, his name and person have been extensively the object of contempt. Nothing is a more striking fulfillment of this than the conduct of the Jews at the present day…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief: The servant would suffer deeply. He would know pain and sadness from personal experience. He would fully experience the results of human sin and the fall (the time when the first humans disobeyed God and brought suffering into the world). we esteemed Him not: People would not see how someone weak and insignificant could help them, so they would ignore his suffering.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. rejected--"forsaken of men" [Gesenius]. "Most abject of men." Literally, "He who ceases from men," that is, is no longer regarded as a man [Hengstenberg]. (See on Is 52:14; Is 49:7). man of sorrows--that is, whose distinguishing characteristic was sorrows. acquainted with--familiar by constant contact with. grief--literally, "disease"; figuratively for all kinds of calamity (Jr 6:14); leprosy especially represented this, being a direct judgment from…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 53:3

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution
• Prophecy
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Acquaint
• Bear
• Chastisement
• Covenant
• Humiliation of Christ
• Intercession
• Lay
• Nazarene
• 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