KJV King James Version
He 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.
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Isaiah 53:8
He 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
WEB World English Bible
He was taken away by oppression and judgment; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?
ASV American Standard Version
By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who among them considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
By restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation who doth meditate, That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the transgression of My people he is plagued,
Surrounding context — Isaiah 53
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.
6 All 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.
7 He 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.
8 He 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.
9 And 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.
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.
11 He 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.
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מֵעֹ֤צֶרH6115 · o.tsercoercionוּמִמִּשְׁפָּט֙H4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementלֻקָּ֔חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דּוֹר֖וֹH1755 · dorgenerationמִ֣יH4310 · miwho?יְשׂוֹחֵ֑חַH7878 · si.achto museכִּ֤יH3588 · kiforנִגְזַר֙H1504 · ga.zarto cutמֵאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetחַיִּ֔יםH2416 · chayaliveמִפֶּ֥שַׁעH6588 · pe.sahtransgressionעַמִּ֖יH5971 · ampeopleנֶ֥גַעH5061 · ne.gaplagueלָֽמוֹ׃H9038 · hemthem
Cross-references
Acts 8:33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.1 Peter 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:Matthew 26:65-66Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.John 19:7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.Psalm 22:12-21Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.John 11:49-52And one of them, [named] Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,Isaiah 53:12Therefore 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.Isaiah 53:5But 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.Romans 1:4And declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:Daniel 9:26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.Psalm 69:12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.Matthew 1:1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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