Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.
He was like someone people turned away from;
He was despised, and we didn’t value Him.

International Standard Version

"He was despised and rejected by others, and a man of sorrows, intimately familiar with suffering; and like one from whom people hide their faces; and we despised him and did not value him.

A Conservative Version

He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

American Standard Version

He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.

Amplified


He was despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and pain and acquainted with grief;
And like One from whom men hide their faces
He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or esteem Him.

Bible in Basic English

Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.

Darby Translation

He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom men hide their faces; despised, and we esteemed him not.

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[He was] despised and rejected [by] men, a man of suffering, and acquainted with sickness, and like {one from whom others hide their faces}, [he was] despised, and we did not hold him in high regard.

Modern King James verseion

He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as it were a hiding of faces from Him, He being despised, and we esteemed Him not.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He was despised and cast out of men's company; and one that had suffered sorrow, and had experience of infirmity. And we were as one that had hid his face from him.

NET Bible

He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.

New Heart English Bible

He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and familiar with illness; and as one from whom men hide their face. He was despised, and we did not value him.

The Emphasized Bible

Despised was he, and forsaken of men, Man of pains and familiar with sickness, - Yea, like one from whom the face is hidden, Despised, and we esteemed him not.

Webster

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 esteemed him not.

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He is despised
בּזה 
Bazah 
Usage: 42

and rejected
חדל 
Chadel 
Usage: 3

of men
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

of sorrows
מכאבה מכאוב מכאב 
Mak'ob 
Usage: 16

with grief
חלי 
Choliy 
Usage: 24

and we hid as it were
מסתּר 
Macter 
hid as it were
Usage: 1

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

Devotionals

Devotionals about Isaiah 53:3

Devotionals containing Isaiah 53:3

References

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Images Isaiah 53:3

Context Readings

The Lord's Suffering Servant

2 With all this he shall grow up before him as a tender sprout and as a root out of a dry ground. There is no outward appearance in him, nor beauty. We shall see him, yet nothing attractive about him that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely he has borne our sicknesses and suffered our pain: and we considered him stricken, smitten of God, and cast down.

Cross References

Isaiah 49:7

Thus has the LORD said, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the Gentiles abhor, to the slave of the tyrants, Kings shall see and be raised up as princes and shall worship because of the LORD, for faithful is the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen thee.

Isaiah 53:10

With all this the LORD chose to bruise him; subjecting him to grief. When he shall have offered his soul for atonement, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the will of the LORD shall be prospered in his hand.

Isaiah 53:4

Surely he has borne our sicknesses and suffered our pain: and we considered him stricken, smitten of God, and cast down.

John 1:10-11

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Psalm 22:6-8

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men and despised of the people.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks to those that plucked off the hair: I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.

Zechariah 11:8

I also cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul was in anguish for them, and their soul also abhorred me.

Zechariah 11:12-13

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my wages; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in his face and buffeted him, and others smote him with the staves,

Mark 9:12

And he answered and told them, Elijah verily shall come first and restore all things and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things and be esteemed as nothing.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun (the upright one) waxed fat and kicked; (thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou hast covered thyself) and forsook the God who made him and lightly esteemed the strong One of his saving health.

Psalm 69:10-12

When I wept with fasting of my soul, thou hast been a reproach unto me.

Psalm 69:19-20

Thou hast known my reproach and my shame and my dishonour; my adversaries are all before thee.

Psalm 69:29

But I am poor and sorrowful; let thy saving health, O God, set me up on high.

Micah 5:1

Now thou shalt be besieged by armies, O daughter of the army: he shall lay siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

Matthew 26:37-38

And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

Matthew 27:9-10

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the sons of Israel did value,

Matthew 27:39-44

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads

Matthew 27:63

saying, Lord, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

Mark 14:34

and said unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death; tarry ye here, and watch.

Mark 15:19

And they smote him on the head with a reed and spit upon him and bowing their knees worshipped him.

Luke 8:53

And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

Luke 9:22

saying, The Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected of the elders and of the princes of the priests and scribes and be slain and be raised the third day.

Luke 16:14

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him.

Luke 18:31-33

Then he took unto him the twelve and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

Luke 19:41

And when he was come near, he beheld the city and wept over it,

Luke 23:18-25

And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas

John 8:48

Then the Jews answered, and said unto him, Do we not say well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a demon?

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

Acts 3:13-15

The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom ye delivered up and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged to let him go.

Hebrews 2:15-18

and deliver those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to slavery.

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 5:7

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, was heard because of his reverent fear;

Hebrews 12:2-3

with our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who having been offered joy, endured the cross , despising the shame and was seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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