Isaiah 53:6

“All 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.”
Isaiah 53:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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The despised servant carries our sorrows and sicknessesThe Cross All like sheep gone astray; God laid everyone's guilt on the servantGrace

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All of usכֻּלָּנוּlike sheepכַּצֹּאןwent astray;תָּעִינוּeachאִישׁto his own wayלְדַרְכּוֹwe turned;פָּנִינוּand YHWHוַיהוָהcaused to fallהִפְגִּיעַon himבּוֹthe iniquityאֵת עֲוֺןof us all.כֻּלָּנוּ

Allusion · 1 Peter 2:25

Go to 1 Peter 2:25

Both texts compare people to sheep that go astray: “like sheep going astray”; in Isaiah, “like sheep, we have gone astray.”

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

צֹּאןtsonH6629πρόβαταprobataG4263“sheep, flock”
תָּעִינוּtainuH8582πλανώμενοιplanōmenoiG4105“wander, go astray”

Isaiah 53:6, word by word

like sheepצֹּאןtson

flock

A flock of sheep and goats.

Where else “tson” appears

went astrayתָּעִינוּtainu

wander, go astray

Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.

Where else “tainu” appears

eachאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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to his own wayדַרְכּdark

manner

The way one lives and acts.

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we turnedפָּנִינוּpaninu

turn

To turn toward something, someone or God.

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and YHWHיהוָהyhva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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caused to fallהִפְגִּיעַhifgia

fall upon

To fall on someone to wound or kill him.

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the iniquityעֲוֺןavon

iniquity

A serious wrong.

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Translation note

1 Peter 2:25 takes up these words.

The context

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.

6 · This verse (above)

7He was mistreated, and he humbled himself, and he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a ewe that before her shearers is silent, and he did not open his mouth.

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