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 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him. Nothing in his appearance will make us 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 He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows. We considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.

Cross References

Isaiah 49:7

Israel's Holy God and Savior says to the one who is deeply despised, hated by the nations and is the servant of rulers: Kings will see you released and will rise to show their respect. Princes will also see it and they will bow low to honor you.

Isaiah 53:10

It was Jehovah's will to allow him to be crushed. Even though Jehovah makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of Jehovah will prosper in his hand.

Isaiah 53:4

He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows. We considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.

John 1:10-11

The world was made through him. He was in the world and the world did not recognize him.

Psalm 22:6-8

Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people.

Isaiah 50:6

I will offer my back to those who whip me. I will offer my cheeks to those who pluck hairs out of my beard. I will not turn my face away from those who humiliate me and spit on me.

Zechariah 11:8

And I eliminated the three shepherds in one month. I was tired of them, and they also abhorred me (found me repugnant).

Zechariah 11:12-13

I said to them, If it is good in your sight give me my wages, if not forget it. So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 26:67

They spat in his face and hit him, saying:

Mark 9:12

He said: Elijah does come first and restores all things. It is written that the Son of man should suffer and be treated with contempt?

Deuteronomy 32:15

Jeshurun (Israel) grew fat and disrespectful. You got fat! You were stuffed! You over eat! He abandoned the God who made him and scornfully treated the rock of his salvation.

Psalm 69:10-12

When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

Psalm 69:19-20

You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.

Psalm 69:29

I am in pain and distress. O God, Let your salvation protect me.

Micah 5:1

Now you will gather in troops, O daughter of troops! He has attacked us. They will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod.

Matthew 26:37-38

He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. He was sorrowful and very troubled.

Matthew 27:9-10

Then Jeremiah's prophecy was fulfilled: They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price he was valued by the children of Israel.

Matthew 27:39-44

People passing by spoke evil abuse to him. They wagged their heads

Matthew 27:63

They said: Sir, we remember while he was yet alive, the deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.'

Mark 14:34

He said to them: I am very sorrowful to the point of death. Stay here with me and watch.

Mark 15:19

They struck his head with a reed and spat on him. They bowed their knees in false adoration to him.

Luke 8:53

They laughed him to scorn knowing that she was dead.

Luke 9:22

The Son of man must suffer many things, he told them. The elders, chief priests and scribes will reject him and kill him. The third day he will be raised up.

Luke 16:14

Hearing this the Pharisees made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.

Luke 18:31-33

He took the twelve to Jerusalem so that the Son of man will accomplish all the things that are written through the prophets:

Luke 19:41

When he came close to the city he wept over it.

Luke 23:18-25

They cried out in unison: Take this man away and release to us Barabbas!

John 8:48

The Jews answered: Do we not speak correctly that you are a Samaritan and have 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. You handed him over to Pilate. When he was determined to let him go you denied him.

Hebrews 2:15-18

And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

Hebrews 4:15

We do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our infirmities (weaknesses). He was tested in all things like ourselves. Yet he was without sin!

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of his life on earth, when he [Christ] offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to the one who was able to save him out of death, and was heard because of his godly reverence. (Galatians 1:1) (Psalm 69:13)

Hebrews 12:2-3

Look to (consider without distractions) Jesus, the Leader (Predecessor) and Finisher (Perfecter) of our faith. He despised the shame. He endured the stake for the joy that was set before him. Then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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