English Standard Version
Isaiah 53:8
8By 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?
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people.
Context of Isaiah 53:8
6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. 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? 9And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. 10Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall 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
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 encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
- Psalms 69:12I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.
- Matthew 26:65Then the high priest tore his robes and said, "He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.
- John 19:7The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God."
- Matthew 1:1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
- Acts 8:33In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth."
- Romans 1:4and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
- Daniel 9:26And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
- John 11:49But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all.
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh 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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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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