Isaiah 53:2-4

New American Standard Bible 1995

²For He grew up before Him like a ^(A)tender ^[a]shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has ^(B)no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should ^[b]be attracted to Him.
³He was ^(C)despised and forsaken of men,
A man of ^[c]sorrows and ^(D)acquainted with ^[d]grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was ^(E)despised, and we did not ^(F)esteem Him.

⁴Surely our ^[e]griefs He Himself ^(G)bore,
And our ^[f]sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
^[g]Smitten of ^(H)God, and afflicted.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 53:2 Lit suckling
Isaiah 53:2 Lit desire
Isaiah 53:3 Or pains
Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness
Isaiah 53:4 Or sickness
Isaiah 53:4 Or pains
Isaiah 53:4 Or Struck down by

Isaiah 53:2-4

New International Version

²He grew up before him like a tender shoot,^(A)
    and like a root^(B) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance^(C) that we should desire him.
³He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,^(D) and familiar with pain.^(E)
Like one from whom people hide^(F) their faces
    he was despised,^(G) and we held him in low esteem.