Berean Standard Bible
4Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
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Isaiah 53:4
The Suffering Servant
Surely he carried our sicknesses, and our pains he bore them. Yet we ourselves reckoned him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted.
The Hebrew *נָשָׂא* (nasa) means to lift and carry — a physical bearing of burden — rendered "carried" to preserve this weight. *חֳלָיֵנוּ* (cholayenu) means sicknesses or diseases, not the more abstract "griefs" found in many conventional translations. *מֻכֵּה אֱלֹהִים* (mukkeh Elohim) is rendered "struck by God" at face value — the verse presents this as the mistaken assumption of the onlookers, not a theological statement of fact, and the translation preserves that irony without softening it.
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King James Version
4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
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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 →4But he will be punished for the sicknesses of our souls; he will endure great pain for us. But we will think that he is being punished by God, afflicted/punished for his own sins.
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Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
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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 →4
Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he will be punished for the sicknesses of our souls; he will endure great pain for us. But we will think that he is being punished by God, afflicted/punished for his own sins.
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אָכֵ֤ן but אָכֵן ʼâkên from H3559 (כּוּן) (compare H3651 (כֵּן)); firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily. חֳלָיֵ֙נוּ֙ disease חֳלִי chŏlîy from H2470 (חָלָה); malady, anxiety, calamity disease, grief, (is) sick(-ness). ה֣וּא he הוּא hûwʼ of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or with נָשָׂ֔א accept נָשָׂא nâsâʼ or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (H7 (אֲבַד))), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative accept, advance וּמַכְאֹבֵ֖ינוּ grief מַכְאֹב makʼôb sometimes מַכְאוֹב; also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) מַכְאֹבָה; from H3510 (כָּאַב); anguish or (figuratively) affliction grief, pain, sorrow. סְבָלָ֑ם bear סָבַל çâbal a primitive root; to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid bear, be a burden, carry, strong to labour. וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ ourselves אֲנַחְנוּ ʼănachnûw apparently from H595 (אָנֹכִי); we ourselves, us, we. חֲשַׁבְנֻ֔הוּ 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 נָג֛וּעַ beat נָגַע nâgaʻ a primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to מֻכֵּ֥ה beat נָכָה nâkâh a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, ma אֱלֹהִ֖ים God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym plural of H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ); gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally וּמְעֻנֶּֽה abase self עָנָה ʻânâh a primitive root (possibly rather identical with H6030 (עָנָה) through the idea of looking down or browbeating); to depress literally or figuratively, transitiv ׃
Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
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