Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
He shall come up as a sucking child before him, and as a root out of a land of dryness: no form to him and no decoration; and we shall see him, and no appearance and we shall desire him.
New American Standard Bible
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should
King James Version
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Holman Bible
and like a root out of dry ground.
He didn’t have an impressive form
or majesty that we should look at Him,
no appearance that we should desire Him.
International Standard Version
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 no majesty that we should look at him, and there is no attractiveness that we should desire him.
A Conservative Version
For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. And when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
American Standard Version
For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Amplified
For He [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender shoot (plant),
And like a root out of dry ground;
He has no stately form or majestic splendor
That we would look at Him,
Nor [handsome] appearance that we would
Bible in Basic English
For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;
Darby Translation
For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form nor lordliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
King James 2000
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no stately form nor splendor; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For he went up like shoot before him, and like root from dry ground. He had no form and no majesty that we should see him, and no appearance that we should take pleasure in him.
Modern King James verseion
For He comes up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground; He has no form nor majesty that we should see Him, nor an appearance that we should desire Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He came up as a spray before him, and as a root out of a dry land. There was neither fashion or beauty on him. And when we looked on him, there was no godliness that we should lust after him.
NET Bible
He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.
New Heart English Bible
For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
The Emphasized Bible
When he came up as a sapling before him. And as a root-sprout out of dry ground, He had neither beauty nor majesty, - When we beheld him, there was nothing to behold, that we should desire him;
Webster
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
World English Bible
For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him.
Themes
Afflictions » The servant of the lord being afflicted
Christ Appearance » His personal appearance figuratively described
Branch of jesse » The coming of the branch of jesse
Christ » For select reading » Appearance, personal of
Face » Of Christ » His personal appearance figuratively described
Humility » He was free from all worldly pride » Of appearance he hath no form nor comeliness
Israel » Prophecies concerning » Of their rejection of the messiah
Justification » Justification coming by jesus Christ
Offence » The wicked take, at » The low station of Christ
Oppression » The servant of the lord being oppressed
Prophecies respecting Christ » His poverty
Rejection » Jesus Christ being rejected
Servants » The servant of the lord
the sacred Veil » Illustrative » Of the flesh of Christ which concealed his divinity
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 53:2
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Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord's Suffering Servant
1 Who believed in our report? and to whom was the arm of Jehovah uncovered? 2 He shall come up as a sucking child before him, and as a root out of a land of dryness: no form to him and no decoration; and we shall see him, and no appearance and we shall desire him. 3 He was despised and forsaken of men; a man of griefs and knowing affliction: and as hiding the faces from him; he was despised and we regarded him not
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Cross References
Isaiah 52:14
As many were astonished at thee, his appearance being so spoiled from man, and his form from the sons of men.
Isaiah 11:1
And a rod shall come forth from the stock of Jesse, and a sprout shall blossom from his roots:
Philippians 2:6-7
Who, being in the form of God, thought not robbery to be equal to God
Jeremiah 23:5
Behold the days coming, says Jehovah, and I raised up to David a just sprout, and a king reigned and prospered, and he did judgment and justice in the earth.
Ezekiel 17:22-24
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I took from the foliage of the cedar, and I gave from the head; I will pluck its suckers a tender one, and I planted upon a mountain of height and heaped up.
Zechariah 6:12
And say to him, saying, Thus said Jehovah of armies, saying, Behold the man, The Sprout his name; and he shall spring forth from his place and build the temple of Jehovah.
Mark 6:3
Is not this the carpenter, son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Jude, and Simon and are not his sisters here with us? And they were scandalized in him.
Mark 9:12
And he having answered, said to them, Elias truly having first come, restores all things; and how it has been written of the Son of man, that he suffer many things; and be set at nought.
Luke 2:7
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and swathed him, and put him in a mangier; : for there was no place for them in the inn.
Luke 2:39-40
And when they finished all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee to heir city, Nazareth.
Luke 2:51-52
And he went dawn with them, and came to Nazareth, and was placed under them : and his mother kept all these words in her heart.
Luke 9:58
And Jesus said to him, Foxes have dens, and fowls of heaven encampments; but the Son of man has not where he might lay down the head.
John 1:10-14
He was in the world, and the world was by him, and the world knew him not.
John 9:28-29
Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
John 18:40
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this, but Barabbas: and Barabbas was a robber.
John 19:5
Then went forth Jesus without, bearing a crown of thorns, and a purple garment. And he says to them, Behold the man!
John 19:14-15
And it was the preparation of the pascha, and about the sixth hour: and he says to the Jews, Behold your King!
Romans 8:3
For the impossibility of the law, in that it was weak by the flesh, God having sent his own Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
1 Peter 2:14
Or to chiefs, as sent by him for the punishing of them doing evil, and the praise of them doing good.