11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 53:4
Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
- KJV King James Version
- Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Surely He has borne our sicknesses, || And our pains—He has carried them, || And we have esteemed Him [as] plagued, struck of God, and afflicted.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- However, he was the one who took up our weaknesses and loaded himself down with our pain—but we assumed he was being hit, beaten, and humiliated by God.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains — he hath carried them, And we — we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; and we, we did regard him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Surely he has borne our sickness and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Surely he hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows: and we have thought him as it were a leper, and as one struck by God and afflicted.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| אָכֵ֤ן | ’ā·ḵên | Surely | H403 אָכֵן surely |
| חֳלָיֵ֙נוּ֙ | ḥo·lā·yê·nū | our infirmities | H2483 חֳלִי sickness |
| ה֣וּא | hū | He | H1931 הוּא he/she/it |
| נָשָׂ֔א | nā·śā | took up | H5375 נָשָׂא to lift: raise |
| וּמַכְאֹבֵ֖ינוּ | ū·maḵ·’ō·ḇê·nū | our sorrows | H4341 מַכְאוֹב pain |
| סְבָלָ֑ם | sə·ḇā·lām | and carried | H5445 סָבַל to bear |
| וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ | wa·’ă·naḥ·nū | yet we | H587 אֲנַ֫חְנוּ we |
| חֲשַׁבְנֻ֔הוּ | ḥă·šaḇ·nu·hū | considered Him | H2803 חָשַׁב to devise: design |
| נָג֛וּעַ | nā·ḡū·a‘ | stricken | H5060 נָגַע to touch |
| מֻכֵּ֥ה | muk·kêh | struck down | H5221 נָכָה to smite |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | by God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| וּמְעֻנֶּֽה׃ | ū·mə·‘un·neh | and afflicted | H6031 עָנָה be occupied |
Related verses
- 1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
- Matthew 8:17
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”
- Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
- 1 John 2:2
And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
- 1 Peter 3:18
Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
- Isaiah 53:5–6
But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Hebrews 9:28
so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.
- Isaiah 53:11–12
After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities. Therefore will I give him a portion with the great, and he will divide the plunder with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
- John 19:7
The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
- Psalm 69:26
For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
4 Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Read all of Isaiah 53 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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