Isaiah 53:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נִבְזֶה֙ וַחֲדַ֣ל אִישִׁ֔ים אִ֥ישׁ מַכְאֹב֖וֹת וִיד֣וּעַ חֹ֑לִי וּכְמַסְתֵּ֤ר פָּנִים֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ נִבְזֶ֖ה וְלֹ֥א חֲשַׁבְנֻֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

Nivzeh and ḥadal ʾishim, ʾish makʾovot and yeduaʿ ḥoli, and like master panim from him, nivzeh and not we ḥashavnuhu.

Grammar Details

• *nivzeh*: niphal participle, masculine singular - despised
• *wa-ḥadal*: conjunction with adjective construct - and rejected/forsaken of
• *ʾishim*: masculine plural noun - men
• *ʾish*: masculine singular noun - man of [construct state]
• *makʾovot*: feminine plural noun - pains/sorrows
• *wi-yeduaʿ*: conjunction with qal passive participle, masculine singular - and acquainted with/knowing
• *ḥoli*: masculine singular noun - sickness/disease
• *u-ke-master*: conjunction, preposition with hiphil participle, masculine singular - and like one hiding
• *panim*: masculine plural noun - face
• *mimmennu*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from him
• *we-loʾ*: conjunction with negative particle - and not
• *ḥashavnuhu*: qal perfect, 1st person plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - we esteemed him

Word Meanings

• *nivzeh*: despised/disdained/rejected
• *ḥadal*: forsaken/abandoned/rejected/lacking
• *ʾishim*: men/people/mankind
• *ʾish*: man/person
• *makʾovot*: pains/sorrows/suffering
• *yeduaʿ*: acquainted with/knowing/familiar with
• *ḥoli*: sickness/disease/grief
• *master panim*: hiding face/concealing face/turning away face
• *ḥashavnuhu*: we esteemed him/we valued him/we regarded him

Referenced Verses

• Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
• Isa 53:10 : 10 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.
• John 1:10-11 : 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
• Mark 14:34 : 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
• Luke 18:31-33 : 31 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. 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: 33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
• Heb 5:7 : 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, and was heard in that he feared;
• Heb 12:2-3 : 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
• Isa 50:6 : 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
• Isa 53:4 : 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
• Ps 22:6-8 : 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
• Matt 26:67 : 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
• Zech 11:8 : 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
• Zech 11:12-13 : 12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. 13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
• Mark 9:12 : 12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
• Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which ma him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
• Matt 26:37-38 : 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
• Matt 27:9-9 : 9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
• Matt 27:39-44 : 39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
• Matt 27:63 : 63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
• Ps 69:10-12 : 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
• Ps 69:19-20 : 19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
• Ps 69:29 : 29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
• Mic 5:1 : 1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
• Acts 3:13-15 : 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Job, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. 14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; 15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
• Heb 2:15-18 : 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
• Heb 4:15 : 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
• John 8:48 : 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
• Mark 15:19 : 19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
• Luke 8:53 : 53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
• Luke 9:22 : 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
• Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
• John 11:35 : 35 Jesus wept.
• Luke 19:41 : 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
• Luke 23:18-25 : 18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: 19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) 20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. 22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. 23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. 24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. 25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.