Isaiah 53

1 “Who ^{a53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT; LXX reads Lord, who} has believed our message, and ^{b53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT lacks and} to ^{c53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads upon} whom has the arm ^{d53:1 i.e. the Messiah} of the LORD been revealed?ISV — Isaiah 53:1

2 For he grew up before him like a tender plant, and like a root out of a dry ground; he had no form and he had ^{e53:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack he had} no majesty that we should look at him, ^{f53:2 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT LXX; 1QIsaa may read at ourselves} and there is no attractiveness that we should desire him. ^{g53:2 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 1QIsaa may read desire ourselves}ISV — Isaiah 53:2

3 “He was despised and rejected by others, and ^{h53:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack and} a man of sorrows, intimately familiar with ^{i53:3 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and acquainted with; 1QIsab reads and knowing} suffering; and like one from whom people hide their faces; and ^{j53:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lacks and} we despised him ^{k53:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read he was despised} and did not value him.ISV — Isaiah 53:3

4 “Surely he has borne our sufferings and carried our sorrows; yet we considered him stricken, and ^{l53:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and} struck down by God, and afflicted.ISV — Isaiah 53:4

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, and ^{m53:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and} he was crushed for our iniquities, and ^{n53:5 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lack and} the punishment that made us whole was upon him, and by his bruises we are healed.ISV — Isaiah 53:5

6 All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned, each of us, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.ISV — Isaiah 53:6

7 He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he didn’t open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, as ^{o53:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and as} a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open ^{p53:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads does not open} his mouth.ISV — Isaiah 53:7

8 “From detention and ^{q53:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 1QIsab lacks and} judgment he was taken away ^{r53:8 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 1QIsab reads judgment they took him away} — and who can even think about his descendants? ^{s53:8 Or future} For he was cut off from the land of the living, he was stricken ^{t53:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads living, an affliction} for the transgression of my people.ISV — Isaiah 53:8

9 Then they made ^{u53:9 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read he made; LXX reads I will give} his grave with the wicked, and with rich people ^{v53:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector MT read with a rich man} in his death, ^{w53:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads deaths} although he had committed no violence, nor was there any deceit in his mouth.”ISV — Isaiah 53:9

10 “Yet the LORD was willing to crush him, and he made him suffer. ^{x53:10 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read he made him suffer; LXX reads with a blow} Although you make his soul an offering for sin, he ^{y53:10 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads And he} will see his offspring, and ^{z53:10 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; 1QIsab MT lack and} he will prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will triumph in his hand.ISV — Isaiah 53:10

11 Out of the suffering of his soul he will see light ^{aa53:11 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads He will see of the suffering of his soul} and ^{bb53:11 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; MT lacks and} find satisfaction. And ^{cc53:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT lacks And} through his knowledge his servant, ^{dd53:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read my servant} the righteous one, will make many righteous, and he will bear their iniquities.ISV — Isaiah 53:11

12 Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, ^{ee53:12 i.e. an allusion to the resurrection} and he will divide the spoils with the strong; because he poured out his life to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he carried the sins ^{ff53:12 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads the sin} of many, and made intercession for their transgressions.” ^{gg53:12 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads for the transgressors}ISV — Isaiah 53:12