Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 53:3
3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One from whom people hide their faces. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
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
1‘Who has believed our report? To whom is the arm of Adonai revealed? 2For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him, nor beauty that we should desire Him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One from whom people hide their faces. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our pains. Yet we esteemed Him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted. 5But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities. The chastisement for our shalom was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
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 49:7Thus says Adonai, the Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, to the One despised, to the One the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and arise, princes will also bow down, because of Adonai who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”
- Isaiah 50:6I gave My back to those who strike, and My cheeks to those pulling out My beard; I did not hide My face from humiliation and spitting.
- Psalms 22:6They cried to you and were delivered. In You they trusted, and were not disappointed.
- Psalms 69:10For zeal for Your House consumed me— the insults of those who insulted You have fallen on me.
- Micah 5:1But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah— least among the clans of Judah— from you will come out to Me One to be ruler in Israel, One whose goings forth are from of old, from days of eternity.
- Zechariah 11:8Next I disposed of the three shepherds in one month—for my soul was impatient with them and their soul also detested me.
- Matthew 26:67Then they spat in His face and pounded Him with their fists. Others slapped Him and demanded,
- Matthew 27:39Those passing by were jeering at Him, shaking their heads
- Mark 9:12Now He told them, “Indeed Elijah comes first; he restores all things. And how is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be treated with contempt?
- Mark 15:19Over and over, they kept hitting Him on the head with a staff and spitting on Him; and kneeling down, they worshiped Him.
- Luke 8:53But they were ridiculing Him, knowing she had died.
- Luke 9:22saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and ruling kohanim and Torah scholars, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
- Luke 16:14Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and sneering at Yeshua.
- Luke 23:18But they shouted out all together, saying, “Take this fellow away! Release to us Bar-Abba!”
- John 8:48The Judean leaders responded, “Aren’t we right to say you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
- Hebrews 12:2focusing on Yeshua, the initiator and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross, disregarding its shame; and He has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
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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