Isaiah 53 · Verse 10

Isaiah 53:10

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Isaiah 53:10, King James Version

Isaiah 53:10 in other translations

BSB	Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
WEB	Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days and the LORD’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
ASV	Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
YLT	And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed--he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.
DARBY	Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected him to suffering. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
BBE	And the Lord was pleased... see a seed, long life,... will do well in his hand....
Webster	Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

What does Isaiah 53:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. Transition from His humiliation to His exaltation. pleased the Lord--the secret of His sufferings. They were voluntarily borne by Messiah, in order that thereby He might "do Jehovah's will" (Joh 6:38; He 10:7, 9), as to man's redemption; so at the end of the verse, "the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand." bruise--(see Is 53:5); Ge 3:15, was hereby fulfilled, though the Hebrew word for "bruise," there, is not the one used here. The word "Himself," in Matthew, implies a personal bearing on Himself of our maladies, spiritual and physical, which included as a consequence His ministration to our bodily ailments: these latter are the reverse side of sin; His bearing on Him our spiritual malady involved with it His bearing sympathetically, and healing, the outward: which is its fruits and its type. Hengstenberg rightly objects to Magee's translation, "taken away," instead of "borne," that the parallelism to "carried" would be destroyed. Besides, the Hebrew word elsewhere, when connected with sin, means to bear it and its punishment (Eze 18:20). Matthew, elsewhere, also sets forth His vicarious atonement (Mt 20:28). when thou, &c.--rather, as Margin, "when His soul (that is, He) shall have made an offering," &c. In the English Version the change of person is harsh: from Jehovah, addressed in the second person (Is 53:10), to Jehovah speaking in the first person in Is 53:11. The Margin rightly makes the prophet in the name of Jehovah Himself to speak in this verse. offering for sin--(Ro 3:25; 1Jo 2:2; 4:10). his seed--His spiritual posterity shall be numerous (Psa 22:30); nay, more, though He must die, He shall see them. A numerous posterity was accounted a high blessing among the Hebrews; still more so, for one to live to see them (Ge 48:11; Psa 128:6). prolong ... days--also esteemed a special blessing among the Jews (Psa 91:16). Messiah shall, after death, rise again to an endless life (Ho 6:2; Ro 6:9). prosper--(Is 52:13, Margin).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 To grief "With affliction" - For החלי hecheli, the verb, the construction of which seems to be hard and inelegant in this place, the Vulgate reads בחלי bocholi, in infirmitate, "with infirmity." When thou shalt make his soul "If his soul shall make" - For תשים tasim, a MS. has תשם tasem, which may be taken passively, "If his soul shall be made" agreeably to some copies of the Septuagint, which have δωται See likewise the Syriac. When thou shalt make his soul an offering - The word נפש dro nephesh, soul, is frequently used in Hebrew to signify life. Throughout the New Testament the salvation of men is uniformly attributed to the death of Christ. He shall see his seed - True converts, genuine Christians. He shall prolong his days - Or this spiritual progeny shall prolong their days, i.e., Christianity shall endure to the end of time. And the pleasure of the Lord - To have all men saved and brought to the knowledge of the truth. Shall prosper in his hand - Shall go on in a state of progressive prosperity; and so completely has this been thus far accomplished, that every succeeding century has witnessed more Christianity in the world than the preceding, or any former one.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 53:10-12

Come, and see how Christ loved us! We could not put him in our stead, but he put himself. Thus he took away the sin of the world, by taking it on himself. He made himself subject to death, which to us is the wages of sin. Observe the graces and glories of his state of exaltation. Christ will not commit the care of his family to any other. God's purposes shall take effect. And whatever is undertaken according to God's pleasure shall prosper. He shall see it accomplished in the conversion and salvation of sinners. There are many whom Christ justifies, even as many as he gave his life a ransom for. By faith we are justified; thus God is most glorified, free grace most advanced, self most abased, and our happiness secured. We must know him, and believe in him, as one that bore our sins, and saved us from sinking under the load, by taking it upon himself. Sin and Satan, death and hell, the world and the flesh, are the strong foes he has vanquished. What God designed for the Redeemer he shall certainly possess. When he led captivity captive, he received gifts for men, that he might give gifts to men. While we survey the sufferings of the Son of God, let us remember our long catalogue of transgressions, and consider him as suffering under the load of our guilt. Here is laid a firm foundation for the trembling sinner to rest his soul upon. We are the purchase of his blood, and the monuments of his grace; for this he continually pleads and prevails, destroying the works of the devil.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Isaiah 53:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיהוָ֞הva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068

חָפֵ֤ץcha.Fetzhe desiredH2654

דַּכְּאוֹ֙da.ke.'Oto crush himH1792

הֶֽחֱלִ֔יhe.che.Lihe made [him] sickH2470

אִם\־'im-ifH518

תָּשִׂ֤יםta.Simit will makeH7760

אָשָׁם֙'a.Shama guilt offeringH817

נַפְשׁ֔וֹnaf.Shoself hisH5315

יִרְאֶ֥הyir.'Ehhe will seeH7200

זֶ֖רַעZe.ra'offspringH2233

יַאֲרִ֣יךְya.'a.Rikhhe will prolongH748

יָמִ֑יםya.MimdaysH3117

וְחֵ֥פֶץve.Che.fetzand [the] pleasure ofH2656

יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068

בְּיָד֥וֹbe.ya.Doin hand hisH3027

יִצְלָֽח\׃yitz.Lachit will prosperH6743

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Cross references for Isaiah 53:10

2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Romans 8:32
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Galatians 3:13
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
Ephesians 1:5
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
1 John 4:9-10
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Hebrews 10:6-12
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. …
Isaiah 53:3-6
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. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Hebrews 13:10-12
We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Revelation 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
1 Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

pleased.
42:1; Mt 3:17; 17:5
he hath.
Ps 69:26; Zec 13:7; Ro 8:32; Ga 3:13; 1Jo 4:9,10
when thou shalt make his soul. or, when his soul shall make.
Da 9:24; Ro 8:8; 2Co 5:21; Eph 5:2; Heb 7:27; 9:14,25,26; 10:6-12
Heb 13:10-12; 1Pe 2:24
he shall see.
Ps 22:30; 45:16,17; 110:3; Joh 12:24; Heb 2:13
he shall prolong.
9:7; Ps 16:9-11; 21:4; 72:17; 89:29,36; Eze 37:25; Da 7:13,14
Lu 1:33; Ac 2:24-28; Ro 6:9; Re 1:18
the pleasure.
55:11-13; 62:3-5; Ps 72:7; 85:10-12; 147:11; 149:4; Jer 32:41
Eze 33:11; Mic 7:18; Zep 3:17; Lu 15:5-7,23,24; Joh 6:37-40
Eph 1:5,9; 2Th 1:11

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Context

Isaiah 53:9
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Isaiah 53:11
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

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Isaiah 53:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Con todo eso Jehová quiso quebrantarlo, sujetándole á padecimiento. Cuando hubiere puesto su vida en expiación por el pecado, verá linaje, vivirá por largos días, y la voluntad de Jehová será en su mano prosperada.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Mais il plut à l’ Éternel de le meurtrir; il l’a soumis à la souffrance. S’il livre son âme en sacrifice pour le péché, il verra une semence; il prolongera ses jours, et le plaisir de l’ Éternel prospérera en sa main.
German Elberfelder 1871	Doch Jehova gefiel es, ihn zu zerschlagen, er hat ihn leiden lassen. Wenn seine Seele das Schuldopfer gestellt haben wird, so wird er Samen sehen, er wird seine Tage verlängern; und das Wohlgefallen Jehovas wird in seiner Hand gedeihen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et Dominus voluit conterere eum in infirmitate. Si posuerit pro peccato animam suam, videbit semen longævum, et voluntas Domini in manu ejus dirigetur.