Isaiah 53 (KJV)

12 verses · King James Version · Formal equivalence (word-for-word)

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Isaiah Chapter 53 contains 12 verses and is presented here in the King James Version (KJV), which uses a formal equivalence (word-for-word) approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 66 chapters in Isaiah.

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1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? <sup>report: or, doctrine?: Heb. hearing?</sup>

2For 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.

3He 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. <sup>we hid: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us</sup>

4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. <sup>wounded: or, tormented</sup> <sup>stripes: Heb. bruise</sup>

6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. <sup>laid: Heb. made the iniquity of us all to meet on him</sup>

7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. <sup>from prison: or, he was taken away by distress and judgment: but, etc</sup> <sup>was he: Heb. was the stroke upon him</sup>

9And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. <sup>death: Heb. deaths</sup>

10Yet 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. <sup>thou: or, his soul shall make an offering</sup>

11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

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What is Isaiah 53 in the KJV?

Isaiah 53 in the King James Version (KJV) contains 12 verses. The KJV uses a formal equivalence (word-for-word) approach, first published in 1611.

How does the KJV translate Isaiah 53 differently?

The King James Version uses formal equivalence (word-for-word), preserving the classic English of 1611. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Isaiah 53 for a different perspective.

How many verses are in Isaiah 53 (KJV)?

Isaiah Chapter 53 contains 12 verses in the King James Version. The book of Isaiah has 66 chapters total.

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