Isaiah 53 · Verse 12

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.

Isaiah 53:12, King James Version

Isaiah 53:12 in other translations

BSB	Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
WEB	Therefore I will give him a portion with the great. He will divide the plunder with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
ASV	Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
YLT	Therefore I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he apportioneth spoil, Because that he exposed to death his soul, And with transgressors he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for transgressors he intercedeth.
DARBY	Therefore will I assign 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 was reckoned with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
BBE	For this cause he will have a heritage with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers; taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the wrongdoers.
Webster	Therefore I will divide to him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul to death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

What does Isaiah 53:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

12. divide--as a conqueror dividing the spoil after a victory (Psa 2:8; Lu 11:22). him--for Him. with ... great--Hengstenberg translates, "I will give Him the mighty for a portion"; so the Septuagint. But the parallel clause, "with the strong," favors English Version. His triumphs shall be not merely among the few and weak, but among the many and mighty. spoil ... strong--(Col 2:15; compare Pr 16:19). "With the great; with the mighty," may mean, as a great and mighty hero. poured out ... soul--that is, His life, which was considered as residing in the blood (Le 17:11; Ro 3:25). numbered with, &c.--not that He was a transgressor, but He was treated as such, when crucified with thieves (Mr 15:28; Lu 22:37). made intercession, &c.--This office He began on the cross (Lu 23:34), and now continues in heaven (Is 59:16; He 9:24; 1Jo 2:1). Understand because before "He was numbered ... He bare ... made intercession." His meritorious death and intercession are the cause of His ultimate triumph. Maurer, for the parallelism, translates, "He was put on the same footing with the transgressors." But English Version agrees better with the Hebrew, and with the sense and fact as to Christ. Maurer's translation would make a tautology after "He was numbered with the transgressors"; parallelism does not need so servile a repetition. "He made intercession for," &c., answers to the parallel, "He was numbered with," &c., as effect answers to cause, His intercession for sinners being the effect flowing from His having been numbered with them.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 12 He bare the sin of many - רבים rabbim, the multitudes, the many that were made sinners by the offenses of one; i.e., the whole human race; for all have sinned - all have fallen; and for all that have sinned, and for all that have fallen, Jesus Christ died. The רבים rabbim of the prophet answers to the οἱ πολλοι, of the apostle, Rom 5:15, Rom 5:19. As the πολλοι of the apostle means all that have sinned; so the רבים rabbim of the prophet means those for whom Christ died; i.e., all that have sinned. And made intercession for the transgressors - For יפגיע yaphgia, in the future, a MS. has הפגיע hiphgia, preterite, rather better, as agreeable with the other verbs immediately preceding in the sentence. He made intercession for the transgressors. - This was literally fulfilled at his death, "Father, forgive them; they know not what they do!" Luk 23:34. And to make intercession for transgressors is one part of his mediatorial offlce. Heb 7:25, and Heb 9:24. In this chapter the incarnation, preaching, humiliation, rejection, sufferings, death, atonement, resurrection, and mediation of Jesus Christ are all predicted, together with the prevalence of his Gospel, and the extension of his kingdom through all ages.

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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…

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Isaiah 53:12 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.

לָכֵ֞ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651

אֲחַלֶּק\־'a.cha.lek-I will allot a portionH2505

ל֣וֹloto him

בָרַבִּ֗יםva.ra.Bimamong the many [people]H7227

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand withH854

עֲצוּמִים֮'a.tzu.Mimmighty [people]H6099

יְחַלֵּ֣קye.cha.Lekhe will apportionH2505

שָׁלָל֒sha.Lal[the] plunderH7998

תַּ֗חַתTa.chatbecauseH8478

אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherthatH834

הֶעֱרָ֤הhe.'e.Rahhe poured outH6168

לַמָּ֙וֶת֙la.Ma.vetto <the> deathH4194

נַפְשׁ֔וֹnaf.Sholife hisH5315

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand withH854

פֹּשְׁעִ֖יםpo.she.'ImtransgressorsH6586

נִמְנָ֑הnim.Nahhe was numberedH4487

וְהוּא֙ve.Hu'and heH1931

חֵטְא\־chet'-[the] sin ofH2399

רַבִּ֣יםra.Bimmany [people]H7227

נָשָׂ֔אna.Sa'he boreH5375

וְלַפֹּשְׁעִ֖יםve.la.po.she.'Imand for the transgressorsH6586

יַפְגִּֽיעַ\׃\ \סyaf.Gi.a'he will make entreatyH6293

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Cross references for Isaiah 53:12

Luke 22:37
For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
Hebrews 9:28
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Mark 15:27
And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
Luke 23:32-34
And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
1 John 2:12
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
Colossians 1:13-14
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Isaiah 53:6
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.
1 Timothy 2:5-6
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Hebrews 9:26
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Romans 8:34
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Hebrews 2:14-15
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

will I.
49:24,25; 52:15; Ge 3:15; Ps 2:8; Da 2:45; Mt 12:28,29; Ac 26:18
Php 2:8-11; Col 1:13,14; 2:15; Heb 2:14,15
poured.
Ps 22:14; Php 2:17; *marg:
Heb 12:2
and he was.
Mr 15:28; Lu 22:37; 23:25,32,33
he bare.
11; 1Ti 2:5,6; Tit 2:14; Heb 9:26,28
made.
Lu 23:34; Ro 8:34; Heb 7:25; 9:24; 1Jo 2:1,12

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Context

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.
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.

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Isaiah 53:12 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Por tanto yo le daré parte con los grandes, y con los fuertes repartirá despojos; por cuanto derramó su vida hasta la muerte, y fué contado con los perversos, habiendo él llevado el pecado de muchos, y orado por los transgresores.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	C’est pourquoi je lui assignerai une part avec les grands, et il partagera le butin avec les forts, parce qu’il aura livré son âme à la mort, et qu’il aura été compté parmi les transgresseurs, et qu’il a porté le péché de plusieurs, et qu’il a intercédé pour les transgresseurs.
German Elberfelder 1871	Darum werde ich ihm die Großen zuteil geben, und mit Gewaltigen wird er die Beute teilen: dafür, daß er seine Seele ausgeschüttet hat in den Tod und den Übertretern beigezählt worden ist; er aber hat die Sünde vieler getragen und für die Übertreter Fürbitte getan.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Ideo dispertiam ei plurimos, et fortium dividet spolia, pro eo quod tradidit in mortem animam suam, et cum sceleratis reputatus est, et ipse peccata multorum tulit, et pro transgressoribus rogavit.