Isaiah 53:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer. When you make his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיהוָ֞ה חָפֵ֤ץ דַּכְּאוֹ֙ הֶֽחֱלִ֔י אִם־תָּשִׂ֤ים אָשָׁם֙ נַפְשׁ֔וֹ יִרְאֶ֥ה זֶ֖רַע יַאֲרִ֣יךְ יָמִ֑ים וְחֵ֥פֶץ יְהוָ֖ה בְּיָד֥וֹ יִצְלָֽח׃

Transliteration

And YHWH ḥaphets dakkeʾo heḥeli, if tasim ʾasham his naphsho, he will yirʾeh zeraʿ, he will yaʾarik yamim, and ḥephets YHWH in his yado yitslaḥ.

Grammar Details

• *wa-YHWH*: conjunction with divine name - and YHWH
• *ḥaphets*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - desired/was pleased
• *dakkeʾo*: piel infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to crush him
• *heḥeli*: hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he made sick/wounded
• *ʾim-tasim*: conditional particle with qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - if you make/place
• *ʾasham*: masculine singular noun - guilt offering/restitution
• *naphsho*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul/life
• *yirʾeh*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will see
• *zeraʿ*: masculine singular noun - seed/offspring/descendants
• *yaʾarik*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will prolong
• *yamim*: masculine plural noun - days
• *we-ḥephets*: conjunction with masculine singular construct - and pleasure/will/purpose of
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *be-yado*: preposition with feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his hand
• *yitslaḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will prosper/succeed

Word Meanings

• *ḥaphets*: desired/was pleased/delighted in
• *dakkeʾo*: to crush him/to bruise him/to oppress him
• *heḥeli*: made sick/wounded/put to grief
• *tasim*: you make/you place/you set
• *ʾasham*: guilt offering/sin offering/restitution
• *naphsho*: his soul/his life/himself
• *yirʾeh*: he will see/he will perceive/he will experience
• *zeraʿ*: seed/offspring/descendants/posterity
• *yaʾarik*: he will prolong/he will extend/he will lengthen
• *yamim*: days/lifetime
• *ḥephets*: pleasure/will/purpose/delight
• *yado*: his hand
• *yitslaḥ*: will prosper/will succeed/will thrive

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Yet it pleased{H2654} Jehovah{H3068} to bruise{H1792} him; he hath put him to grief:{H2470} when thou shalt make{H7760} his soul{H5315} an offering for sin,{H817} he shall see{H7200} [his] seed,{H2233} he shall prolong{H748} his days,{H3117} and the pleasure{H2656} of Jehovah{H3068} shall prosper{H6743} in his hand.{H3027}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Yet it pleased{H2654}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} to bruise{H1792}{(H8763)} him; he hath put him to grief{H2470}{(H8689)}: when thou shalt make{H7760}{(H8799)} his soul{H5315} an offering for sin{H817}, he shall see{H7200}{(H8799)} his seed{H2233}, he shall prolong{H748}{(H8686)} his days{H3117}, and the pleasure{H2656} of the LORD{H3068} shall prosper{H6743}{(H8799)} in his hand{H3027}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yet hath it pleased ye LORDE to smyte him with infirmite, that when he had made his soule an offeringe for synne, he might se a loge lastinge sede. And this device of the LORDE shal prospere in his honde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Yet the Lord would breake him, and make him subiect to infirmities: when hee shall make his soule an offring for sinne, he shall see his seede and shall prolong his dayes, and the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yet hath it pleased the Lord to smite hym with infirmitie, that when he had made his soule an offeryng for sinne, he might see long lastyng seede: and this deuice of the Lorde shall prosper in his hande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed -- he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see `his' seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the Lord was pleased ... see a seed, long life, ... will do well in his hand. ...

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Though the LORD desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the LORD’s purpose will be accomplished through him.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 53:3-6 : 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised, and we did not esteem him. 4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds, we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• Isa 53:12 : 12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death and was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
• Isa 9:7 : 7 The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it will fall upon Israel.
• Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!'
• Luke 1:33 : 33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.
• Acts 2:24-28 : 24 But God raised Him from the dead, freeing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on Him. 25 David said about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me, because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.’ 26 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover, my body also will rest in hope, 27 because You will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. 28 You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.
• Rom 6:9 : 9 We know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him.
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and against the man who is My companion, declares the LORD of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
• John 6:37-40 : 37 'All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.' 38 'For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me.' 39 'And this is the will of him who sent me: that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up on the last day.' 40 For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.
• Heb 13:10-12 : 10 We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11 The high priest brings the blood of animals into the holy places as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12 So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through His own blood.
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.
• 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
• Rev 1:18 : 18 'the living One. I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.'
• John 12:24 : 24 Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.
• Matt 3:17 : 17 And a voice from heaven said, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.'
• Rom 8:8 : 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
• Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all—how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
• Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.'
• Eph 1:5 : 5 He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
• Eph 1:9 : 9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ,
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.
• Luke 15:5-7 : 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders. 6 And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' 7 I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
• Luke 15:23-24 : 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us eat and celebrate! 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
• Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit upon him, and he will bring forth justice to the nations.
• Isa 46:10 : 10 I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, 'My purpose will stand, and I will accomplish all that I desire.'
• Ps 147:11 : 11 The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in His steadfast love.
• Ps 149:4 : 4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation.
• Isa 55:11-13 : 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. 12 For you will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. 13 In place of the thornbush, the cypress will grow; and instead of the nettle, the myrtle will rise. This will be for the LORD's renown, an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.
• Isa 62:3-5 : 3 You will be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the palm of your God. 4 You will no longer be called 'Abandoned,' and your land will no longer be called 'Desolate;' instead, you will be called 'My Delight is in Her,' and your land 'Married.' For the LORD delights in you, and your land will be married. 5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
• Jer 32:41 : 41 I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land with all My heart and soul.
• Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from their ways and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why should you die, house of Israel?'
• Ezek 37:25 : 25 They will live in the land I gave to My servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their descendants will dwell there forever, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
• Dan 7:13-14 : 13 I continued watching in the visions of the night, and behold, with the clouds of heaven came one like a son of man. He approached the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. 14 He was given dominion, glory, and a kingdom, so that all peoples, nations, and languages would serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
• Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like You, forgiving iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love.
• Zeph 3:17 : 17 The LORD your God is in your midst—a mighty warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will exult over you with joyful singing.
• Ps 21:4 : 4 For You meet him with blessings of good things; You place a crown of pure gold upon his head.
• Ps 22:30 : 30 All the rich of the earth will feast and bow down; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—those who cannot keep themselves alive.
• Ps 45:16-17 : 16 They are led with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king. 17 In place of your fathers will be your sons; you will make them princes throughout the earth.
• Ps 69:26 : 26 Let their encampments be desolate; may no one dwell in their tents.
• Ps 72:17 : 17 May his name endure forever; as long as the sun shines, may his name be continued. All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed.
• Ps 89:29 : 29 I will keep my steadfast love for him forever, and my covenant with him will remain faithful.
• Ps 89:36 : 36 Once I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David:
• Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people will offer themselves willingly on the day of your power; in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, your youth are like the dew.
• Ps 85:10-12 : 10 Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, so that his glory may dwell in our land. 11 Steadfast love and truth meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. 12 Truth springs up from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
• Ps 72:7 : 7 In his days, the righteous one will flourish, and peace will abound as long as the moon endures.
• 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling and by His power fulfill every desire for goodness and every work of faith.
• Heb 2:13 : 13 And again, 'I will put my trust in Him.' And again, 'Here am I, and the children God has given Me.'
• Heb 7:27 : 27 He does not need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people. He did this once for all when he offered himself.
• Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?
• Heb 9:25-26 : 25 Nor did He enter to offer Himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own. 26 Otherwise, He would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
• Heb 10:6-9 : 6 You were not pleased with whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll of the book—to do Your will, O God.'" 8 After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law— 9 then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 Every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins. 12 But this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God.
• Ps 16:9-9 : 9 Therefore, my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; my body also will rest secure. 10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You allow Your faithful one to see decay. 11 You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.