Isaiah 53:5

“But 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.”

Isaiah 53:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

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

With the Hebrew beneath

5

Quotation · 1 Peter 2:24

Go to 1 Peter 2:24

Peter uses the last sentence of Isaiah 53:5 without a formula and puts it in the second person: “by his wound you were healed.”

See the original texts

Greek of the New Testament: ὃς τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν αὐτὸς ἀνήνεγκεν ἐν τῷ σώματι αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον ἵνα ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἀπογενόμενοι τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ ζήσωμεν οὗ τῷ μώλωπι ἰάθητε

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְהוּא מְחֹלָל מִפְּשָׁעֵנוּ מְדֻכָּא מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵינוּ מוּסַר שְׁלוֹמֵנוּ עָלָיו וּבַחֲבֻרָתוֹ נִרְפָּא לָנוּ

Septuagint (Isaiah 53:5-6 in the Septuagint numbering): αὐτὸς δὲ ἐτραυματίσθη διὰ τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐμαλακίσθη διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας παιδία εἰρήνης ἡμῶν ἐπ’ αὐτόν, τῷ μώλωπι αὑτοῦ ἡμεῖς ἰάθημεν. πάντες ὡς πρόβατα ἐπλανήθημεν, ἅνθρωπος Τῇ ὁδῷ αὐτοῦ ἐπλανήθη· καὶ Κύριος παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Isaiah 53:5, word by word

was piercedמְחֹלָלmecholal

pierce

Another word spelled the same: to wound fatally.

Where else “mecholal” appears
for our transgressionsפְּשָׁעֵpeshae

transgression

A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.

Where else “peshae” appears
crushedמְדֻכָּאmeduka

crush

To grind down, oppress the weak.

Where else “meduka” appears
for our iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתֵיavonote

iniquity

A serious wrong.

Where else “avonote” appears
the correctionמוּסַרmusar

discipline, correction

Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."

Where else “musar” appears
of our peaceשְׁלוֹמֵshelome

peace

Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.

Where else “shelome” appears
and by his woundחֲבֻרָתchavurat

bruise

Blow, bruise, welt.

Where else “chavurat” appears
we were healedנִרְפָּאnirpa

heal

To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.

Where else “nirpa” appears

Translation note

“The correction of our peace”: it can be understood as the punishment that brought us peace. 1 Peter 2:24 quotes “by whose wound you were healed.”

Parallel passages

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

Quotation · 1 Peter 2:24

Peter uses the last sentence of Isaiah 53:5 without a formula and puts it in the second person: “by his wound you were healed.”

See them side by side

Isaiah 53:5

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.

1 Peter 2:24

24who himself bore our sins in his body on the wooden beam, so that having died to sins we might live to righteousness; by whose wound you were healed.

The context

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

5 · This verse (above)

6All of us like sheep went astray; each to his own way we turned; and YHWH caused to fall on him the iniquity of us all.

Read all of Isaiah 53

How to use it