Berean Standard Bible
3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
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Isaiah 53:3
The Suffering Servant
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sufferings and acquainted with sickness. And like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised, and we regarded him as nothing.
*Nibzeh* (נִבְזֶה) appears twice in the verse — translated "despised" both times, preserving the deliberate repetition the Hebrew uses for emphasis. *Chadal ishim* (חֲדַל אִישִׁים) literally means "forsaken/rejected of men" — one from whom men withdraw — rendered "rejected by men" to capture that sense of active human avoidance. *Lo chashabnuhu* (לֹא חֲשַׁבְנֻהוּ) means "we did not reckon him" or "we did not account him" — translated "we regarded him as nothing," conveying the full weight of that dismissal.
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3He 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.
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T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →3People will despise and reject him. {He will be despised and rejected.} He will endure much pain, and he will suffer much. Because his face will be very disfigured, people will not want to look at him; people will despise him and think that he is not worth paying any attention to.
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He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
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.
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He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
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.
People will despise and reject him. {He will be despised and rejected.} He will endure much pain, and he will suffer much. Because his face will be very disfigured, people will not want to look at him; people will despise him and think that he is not worth paying any attention to.
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נִבְזֶה֙ despise בָּזָה bâzâh a primitive root; to disesteem despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person. וַחֲדַ֣ל he that forbeareth חָדֵל châdêl from H2308 (חָדַל); vacant, i.e. ceasing or destitute he that forbeareth, frail, rejected. אִישִׁ֔ים man אִישׁ ʼîysh contracted for H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to אִ֥ישׁ man אִישׁ ʼîysh contracted for H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to מַכְאֹב֖וֹת grief מַכְאֹב makʼôb sometimes מַכְאוֹב; also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) מַכְאֹבָה; from H3510 (כָּאַב); anguish or (figuratively) affliction grief, pain, sorrow. וִיד֣וּעַ acknowledge יָדַע yâdaʻ a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (inc חֹ֑לִי disease חֳלִי chŏlîy from H2470 (חָלָה); malady, anxiety, calamity disease, grief, (is) sick(-ness). וּכְמַסְתֵּ֤ר hid מַסְתֵּר maçtêr from H5641 (סָתַר); properly, a hider, i.e. (abstractly) a hiding, i.e. aversion hid. פָּנִים֙ fore פָּנִים pânîym plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from H6437 (פָּנָה)); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (lite מִמֶּ֔נּוּ above מִן min or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for H4482 (מֵן); properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses above, נִבְזֶ֖ה despise בָּזָה bâzâh a primitive root; to disesteem despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person. וְלֹ֥א ere לֹא lôʼ or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles [idiom] before חֲשַׁבְנֻֽהוּ account חָשַׁב châshab a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a m ׃
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
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