King James Version

Isaiah 53:3

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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נִבְזֶה֙nivzehdespiseבָּזָהverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “despise”, a verb used as a describing wordH959to disesteemdespise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person.וַחֲדַ֣לvachadaland frailחָדֵלconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “and frail”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2310vacant, i.e. ceasing or destitutehe that forbeareth, frail, rejected.אִישִׁ֔יםishima certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…אִ֥ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…מַכְאֹב֖וֹתmakhovotgriefמַכְאֹבnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “grief”, the ordinary formH4341anguish or (figuratively) afflictiongrief, pain, sorrow.וִיד֣וּעַviduaand knowיָדַעconjunction, verb, qal, passive participle, construct — “and know”, a verb used as a describing wordH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…חֹ֑לִיcholidiseaseחֳלִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “disease”, the ordinary formH2483malady, anxiety, calamitydisease, grief, (is) sick(-ness).וּכְמַסְתֵּ֤רukhemasterand as hidמַסְתֵּרconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and as hid”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4564properly, a hider, i.e. (abstractly) a hiding, i.e. aversionhid.פָּנִים֙panima- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “a- fore”, the ordinary formH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…מִמֶּ֔נּוּmimenvfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.נִבְזֶ֖הnivzehdespiseבָּזָהverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “despise”, a verb used as a describing wordH959to disesteemdespise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person.וְלֹ֥אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…חֲשַׁבְנֻֽהוּchashavnuhvregardחָשַׁבverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “regard”, a completed actionH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He was despised, and forsaken of men, a man of pains, and acquainted with disease, and as one from whom men hide their face: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.

Young’s Literal Translation

He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.

World English Bible

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.

Darby Translation

He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom [men] hide their faces; — despised, and we esteemed him not.

Douay-Rheims

Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He was despised, and forsaken of men, a man of pains, and acquainted with disease, and as one from whom men hide their face: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But his form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men; he was a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for his face is turned from us : he was dishonoured, and not esteemed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀλλὰ τὸ εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἄτιμον, καὶ ἐκλεῖπον παρὰ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ἄνθρωπος ἐν πληγῇ ὢν, καὶ εἰδὼς φέρειν μαλακίαν, ὅτι ἀπέστραπται τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, ἠτιμάσθη, καὶ οὐκ ἐλογίσθη.