Isaiah 53:4

“Surely our sicknesses he carried, and our pains he bore them; yet we considered him stricken, struck by Elohim and afflicted.”
Isaiah 53:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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The despised servant carries our sorrows and sicknessesThe Cross The servant bore our pains; by his wounds there is healingGrace Isaiah speaks of a “man of pains” who bore our painsSuffering and Trials

With the Hebrew beneath

Surelyאָכֵןour sicknessesחֳלָיֵנוּheהוּאcarried,נָשָׂאand our painsוּמַכְאֹבֵינוּhe bore them;סְבָלָםyet weוַאֲנַחְנוּconsidered himחֲשַׁבְנֻהוּstricken,נָגוּעַstruckמֻכֵּהby Elohimאֱלֹהִיםand afflicted.וּמְעֻנֶּה

Quotation · Matthew 8:17

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Matthew quotes the first half of the verse after telling of healings. Where the Hebrew says “sicknesses” and “pains,” Matthew says “weaknesses” and “diseases.”

Formula: ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος “so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says” (Matthew 8:17)

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Greek of the New Testament: ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος Αὐτὸς τὰς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν ἔλαβεν καὶ τὰς νόσους ἐβάστασεν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): אָכֵן חֳלָיֵנוּ הוּא נָשָׂא וּמַכְאֹבֵינוּ סְבָלָם וַאֲנַחְנוּ חֲשַׁבְנֻהוּ נָגוּעַ מֻכֵּה אֱלֹהִים וּמְעֻנֶּה

This passage could not be located with certainty in the transcription of the Septuagint we use, so it is not compared.

Isaiah 53:4, word by word

Surelyאָכֵןachen

surely

A word that affirms strongly: «truly», «without doubt».

Where else “achen” appears

our sicknessesחֳלָיֵcholaye

sickness

Sickness, disease; also suffering.

Where else “cholaye” appears

carriedנָשָׂאnasa

carry

To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.

Where else “nasa” appears

and our painsמַכְאֹבֵיmachove

pain

Pain, suffering.

Where else “machove” appears

he bore themסְבָלָsevala

bear

To carry a weight, or take on others' sorrows.

Where else “sevala” appears

considered himחֲשַׁבְנֻchashavnu

think

To turn something over in the mind until forming an opinion.

Where else “chashavnu” appears

strickenנָגוּעַnagua

strike

To hit, afflict with a plague.

Where else “nagua” appears

struckמֻכֵּהmuke

punish

God punishes with a plague.

Where else “muke” appears

by Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohim” appears

and afflictedמְעֻנֶּהmeune

afflict

To make suffer, oppress.

Where else “meune” appears

Translation note

Matthew 8:17 quotes this verse.

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Matthew 8:17

Matthew quotes the first half of the verse after telling of healings. Where the Hebrew says “sicknesses” and “pains,” Matthew says “weaknesses” and “diseases.”

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Isaiah 53:4

⁴Surely our sicknesses he carried, and our pains he bore them; yet we considered him stricken, struck by Elohim and afflicted.

Matthew 8:17

¹⁷so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “He himself took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.”

The context

3Despised and rejected by men, a man of pains and acquainted with sickness; and like one from whom the face is hidden, despised, and we did not esteem him.

4 · This verse (above)

5But he was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; the correction of our peace was upon him, and by his wound we were healed.

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