Isa Isaiah, chapter Book of Isaiah, chapter 53

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For he shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.Luk 2:46

Isaiah 53:2 in different translations

English

KJV (66 books) For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

ASV For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

BSB He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

DRA And he shall grow up as a tender plant before him, and as a root out of a thirsty ground: there is no beauty in him, nor comeliness: and we have seen him, and there was no sightliness, that we should be desirous of him:

FBV Like a young shoot he grew up before him, like a root growing up from dry ground. He had no beauty or glory to make us look at him; nothing about his appearance attracted us to him.

GNV But hee shall growe vp before him as a branche, and as a roote out of a dry grounde: he hath neither forme nor beautie: when we shall see him, there shall be no forme that wee should desire him.

JPS For he shot up right forth as a sapling, and as a root out of a dry ground; he had no form nor comeliness, that we should look upon him, nor beauty that we should delight in him.

LSV Indeed, He comes up as a tender plant before Him, || And as a root out of dry land, || He has no form or splendor when we observe Him, || Nor appearance, that we desire Him.

NASB For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of dry ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we would look at Him, Nor an appearance that we would take pleasure in Him. NASB 2020

NIV (US) He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

OJB For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a Shoresh (Root, Shoresh Yishai, Moshiach Ben Dovid) out of a dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

T4T While God watches, his servant will grow up appearing/seeming to be very insignificant/unimportant, like a weak young plant that shoots up from a root of a tree that is growing in dry ground. There will be nothing beautiful or majestic about him, nothing that would cause us to want to be with him.

WEB (US) For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Russian

РСП (66 кн.) Ибо Он взошел пред Ним, как отпрыск и как росток из сухой земли; нет в Нем ни вида, ни величия; и мы видели Его, и не было в Нем вида, который привлекал бы нас к Нему.

РСП (юбил.) Ибо Он взошел перед Ним, как отпрыск и как росток из сухой земли: нет в Нем ни вида, ни величия. И мы видели Его — и не было в Нем вида, который привлекал бы нас к Нему.

НРП Он пророс перед Ним, как нежный побег и как корень из сухой земли. Не было в Нем ни красы, ни величия, чтобы нам смотреть на Него; не было в Его облике ничего, что привлекло бы нас.

Заокская (Кулаков) Взошел он перед Ним как росток, как побег от корня из сухой земли, неприметен он был, никакого величия в нем, того, на что мы обратили бы внимание; ничего такого, что привлекло бы нас.

СП (БЛ) Он вырос перед Господом как маленький росток, как корень, растущий в сухой земле, и в нём не было ничего необычного. При взгляде на него мы не находили ничего, что бы особенно привлекло нас к нему.