God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 53:3
3He was despised and rejected by people. He was a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering. He was despised like one from whom people turn their faces, and we didn’t consider him to be worth anything.
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
1Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord’s power been revealed? 2He grew up in his presence like a young tree, like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or majesty that would make us look at him. He had nothing in his appearance that would make us desire him. He was despised and rejected by people. He was a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering. He was despised like one from whom people turn their faces, and we didn’t consider him to be worth anything. 4He certainly has taken upon himself our suffering and carried our sorrows, but we thought that God had wounded him, beat him, and punished him. 5He was wounded for our rebellious acts. He was crushed for our sins. He was punished so that we could have peace, and we received healing from his wounds.
Read all of Isaiah 53Isaiah 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 the defender of Israel, its Holy One. This is what the Lord says to the despised one, to the one scorned by the nation, to the slave of rulers: Kings will see ⌞you⌟ and stand. Princes will see ⌞you⌟ and bow. The Lord is faithful. The Holy One of Israel has chosen you.
- Isaiah 50:6I will offer my back to those who whip me and my cheeks to those who pluck hairs out of my beard. I will not turn my face away from those who humiliate me and spit on me.
- Psalms 22:6Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people.
- Psalms 69:10I cried and fasted, but I was insulted for it.
- Micah 5:1Now, gather your troops, you city of troops. We are under attack. Enemies will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a stick.
- Zechariah 11:8I got rid of three shepherds in one month. I became impatient with the sheep, and they also became disgusted with me.
- Matthew 26:67Then they spit in his face, hit him with their fists, and some of them slapped him.
- Matthew 27:39Those who passed by insulted him. They shook their heads
- Mark 9:12Jesus said to them, “Elijah is coming first and will put everything in order again. But in what sense was it written that the Son of Man must suffer a lot and be treated shamefully?
- Mark 15:19They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, and kneeling in front of him with false humility.
- Luke 8:53They laughed at him because they knew she was dead.
- Luke 9:22Jesus said that the Son of Man would have to suffer a lot. He would be rejected by the leaders, the chief priests, and the experts in Moses’ Teachings. He would be killed, but on the third day he would come back to life.
- Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who love money, heard all this and were making sarcastic remarks about him.
- Luke 23:18The whole crowd then shouted, “Take him away! Free Barabbas for us.”
- John 8:48The Jews replied to Jesus, “Aren’t we right when we say that you’re a Samaritan and that you’re possessed by a demon?”
- Hebrews 12:2We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.
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
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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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