New Living Translation
Isaiah 53:8
8Unjustly 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.
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
6All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. 7He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. 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. 9He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave. 10But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands.
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 22:12My enemies surround me like a herd of bulls; fierce bulls of Bashan have hemmed me in!
- Psalms 69:12I am the favorite topic of town gossip, and all the drunks sing about me.
- Matthew 26:65Then the high priest tore his clothing to show his horror and said, “Blasphemy! Why do we need other witnesses? You have all heard his blasphemy.
- John 19:7The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God.”
- Matthew 1:1This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham:
- Acts 8:33He was humiliated and received no justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.”
- Romans 1:4and he was shown to be the Son of God when he was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit. He is Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Daniel 9:26“After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.
- John 11:49Caiaphas, who was high priest at that time, said, “You don’t know what you’re talking about!
- 1 Peter 3:18Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life 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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