KJV King James Version
For 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.
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Isaiah 53:2
For 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
WEB World English Bible
For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
ASV American Standard Version
For he grew 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 see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 53
1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2 For 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.
3 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.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּ֨עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseכַּיּוֹנֵ֜קH3126 · yo.neqsaplingלְפָנָ֗יוH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוְכַשֹּׁ֙רֶשׁ֙H8328 · she.reshrootמֵאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetצִיָּ֔הH6723 · tsiy.yahdrynessלֹא־H3808 · lonotתֹ֥אַרH8389 · to.arappearanceל֖וֹH9033 · ohimוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotהָדָ֑רH1926 · ha.dargloryוְנִרְאֵ֥הוּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוְלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotמַרְאֶ֖הH4758 · mar.ehappearanceוְנֶחְמְדֵֽהוּ׃H2530 · cha.madto desire
Cross-references
Philippians 2:6-7Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:Isaiah 52:14As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:John 1:10-14He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.Ezekiel 17:22-24Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set [it]; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant [it] upon an high mountain and eminent:Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.John 19:14-15And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!Mark 9:12And 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.Romans 8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:John 19:5Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And [Pilate] saith unto them, Behold the man!John 9:28-29Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.1 Peter 2:14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.John 18:40Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.Luke 2:39-40And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.Luke 2:51-52And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.Luke 9:58And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head.Zechariah 6:12And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name [is] The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
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