Isaiah 53:2

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

Anih loe a hmaa ah thing tadok baktiah tacawt moe, long karoem ahmuen ah kamprawk thing tangzun baktiah oh; aicae mah koeh han koi krang tidoeh om ai; a khit o hanah kranghoihaih to om ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae a mikhmuh ah cahni banglam khaw rhamrhae diklai lamkah thing yung bangla rhoeng. Anih te a suisak om pawt tih rhuepomnah om pawh. Anih te m'hmuh vaengah a mueimae a om pawt dongah nim anih te n'nai uh eh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hawaiian Bible 1868

E ulu mai no oia imua ona me he oha la, E like hoi me ke aa kupu mai loko mai o ka Iepo maloo, Aole ona maikai o ke kino, aole ona hanohano; A ia kakou e ike aku ai ia ia, aole ona helehelena maikai i makemake aku ai kakou ia ia.

English Berean Standard Bible

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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Li te grandi devan Bondye tankou yon ti plant ki tou fèb, tankou yon ti kreyòl ki pouse nan tè sèk. Li pa t' bèl gason, li pa t' gen anyen nan li ki pou ta fè nou vire gade l'. Li pa t' sanble anyen ki ta ka fè nou kontan ret gade l'.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et ascendet sicut virgultum coram eo, et sicut radix de terra sitienti. Non est species ei, neque decor, et vidimus eum, et non erat aspectus, et desideravimus eum:

Bible in Basic English

For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Il montera devant lui comme un rejeton, et comme une racine [sortant] d’une terre aride. Il n’a ni forme, ni éclat ; quand nous le voyons, il n’y a point d’apparence [en lui] pour nous le faire désirer.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Nebo před ním vyrostl jako proutek, a jako kořen z země vyprahlé, nemaje podoby ani krásy. Viděliť jsme jej, ale nic nebylo viděti toho, proč bychom ho žádostivi byli.

Kosraean Bible

Ma lungse lun LEUM GOD pa inge, tuh mwet kulansap lal In kapak oana soko sak fusr ma yoki ac okahla in acn pao. El tia mangol ac el tia pac kato. Wanginna ma ac oru kut in lohang nu sel. Wangin ma wo kacl, ku ma fal in pwen mutasr nu sel. Wangin ma oru kut in ke apkuran nu yorol.

World Portuguese Bible

Pois ele cresceu diante dele como um broto tenro, e como uma raiz saindo de terra seca. Ele não tem beleza nem majestade. Quando o vemos, não há beleza que nos faça desejá-lo.

Romanian BTF Bible

Fiindcă el va creşte înaintea lui ca un lăstar şi ca o rădăcină dintr-un pământ uscat, nu va avea nici formă nici frumuseţe; şi când îl vom vedea, nu va avea frumuseţe ca să îl dorim.

Brenton English Septuagint

We brought a report as of a child before him; he is as a root in a thirsty land: he has no form nor comeliness; and we saw him, but he had no form nor beauty.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထာဝရဘုရားသည်မိမိ၏အစေခံအား သွေ့ခြောက်သည့်မြေတွင်အမြစ်စွဲသည့် အပင်ငယ်ကဲ့သို့ရှင်သန်စေရန်အလိုတော် ရှိပါ၏။ ထိုသူ၌ပမာဏပြုလောက်သည့်ဂုဏ်အသရေနှင့် အဆင်းသဏ္ဌာန်လည်းမရှိ။ ချစ်ခင်နှစ်လိုဖွယ်ကောင်းသည့်ရုပ်ရည်လည်းမရှိ။ မိမိဘက်သို့ပါအောင်ဆွဲဆောင်နိုင်စွမ်းလည်းမရှိ။

Darby Translation

For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form nor lordliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und er ist wie ein Reis vor ihm aufgeschossen, und wie ein Wurzelsproß aus dürrem Erdreich. Er hatte keine Gestalt und keine Pracht; und als wir ihn sahen, da hatte er kein Ansehen, daß wir seiner begehrt hätten.

Dutch Bible 1917

Want Hij is als een rijsje voor Zijn aangezicht opgeschoten, en als een wortel uit een dorre aarde; Hij had geen gedaante noch heerlijkheid; als wij Hem aanzagen, zo was er geen gestalte, dat wij Hem zouden begeerd hebben.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Als een vormeloos rijsje schiet Hij omhoog, Als een wortel uit dorstige grond; Zonder gestalte of luister, waar we naar opzien, Zonder gratie, die ons behaagt.

Italian Diodati Bible

Or egli è salito, a guisa di rampollo , dinanzi a lui, ed a guisa di radice da terra arida; non vi è stata in lui forma, nè bellezza alcuna ; e noi l'abbiamo veduto, e non vi era cosa alcuna ragguardevole, perchè lo desiderassimo.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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:

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Noyes Bible

For He grew up before him like a tender plant, Like a sucker from a dry soil; He had no form, nor comeliness, that we should look upon him, Nor beauty, that we should take pleasure in him.

Danish Bible 1931

Han skød op som en Kvist for hans Åsyn, som et Rodskud af udtørret Jord, uden Skønhed og Pragt til at drage vort Blik, uden Ydre, så vi syntes om ham,

Leeser Tanakh

Yea, he grew up like a small shoot before him, and as a root out of a dry land: he had no form nor comeliness, so that we should look at him; and no countenance, so that we should desire him.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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.

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Người đã lớn lên trước mặt Ngài như một cái chồi, như cái rễ ra từ đất khô. Người chẳng có hình dung, chẳng có sự đẹp đẽ; khi chúng ta thấy người, không có sự tốt đẹp cho chúng ta ưa thích được.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

He te ne tupu hake ʻi hono ʻao ʻo hangē ko e ʻakau matengofua, pea hangē ko e aka mei he kelekele mōmoa: ʻoku ʻikai ha sino lelei pe ha toulekeleka ʻiate ia, pea ka tau ka mamata kiate ia, ʻoku ʻikai ha fakaʻofoʻofa ke tau manako ai kiate ia.

French Ostervald Bible

Il est monté devant l'Éternel comme un rejeton, comme une racine qui sort d'une terre desséchée. Il n'a ni beauté ni éclat qui nous le fasse regarder, ni apparence qui nous le fasse désirer;

Esperanto Bible

Ĉar li elkreskis antaŭ Li kiel juna branĉo kaj kiel radiko el tero senakva; li ne havis staturon nek belecon; ni rigardis lin, sed li ne havis aspekton, per kiu li plaĉus al ni.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Il s’est élevé devant lui comme une faible plante, Comme un rejeton qui sort d’une terre desséchée; Il n’avait ni beauté, ni éclat pour attirer nos regards, Et son aspect n’avait rien pour nous plaire.

German Luther Bible 1912

Denn er schoß auf vor ihm wie ein Reis und wie eine Wurzel aus dürrem Erdreich. Er hatte keine Gestalt noch Schöne; wir sahen ihn, aber da war keine Gestalt, die uns gefallen hätte.

LXX2012 U. S. English

We brought a report as of a child before him; he is as a root in a thirsty land: he has no form nor comeliness; and we saw him, but he had no form nor beauty.

British English Septuagint 2012

We brought a report as of a child before him; he is as a root in a thirsty land: he has no form nor comeliness; and we saw him, but he had no form nor beauty.

Majority Standard BIble

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.

Webster Bible

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.

Revised Version

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Egli è venuto su dinanzi a lui come un rampollo, come una radice ch’esce da un arido suolo; non avea forma né bellezza da attirare i nostri sguardi, né apparenza, da farcelo desiderare.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Car il s'éleva devant lui comme une jeune plante, et comme une racine sortant d'une terre aride. Il n'avait ni beauté ni majesté. Quand nous le regardions, son apparence n'avait rien pour nous séduire.

Reina Valera 1909

Y subirá cual renuevo delante de él, y como raíz de tierra seca: no hay parecer en él, ni hermosura: verlo hemos, mas sin atractivo para que le deseemos.

Spanish BLL

Creció en su presencia como un tierno renuevo, como una raíz en tierra seca. No había en él belleza ni majestad alguna; al verlo, no vimos nada que nos atrajera.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Pues subió cual renuevo delante de él, y como raíz de tierra seca; no hay parecer en él, ni hermosura; lo veremos, mas sin atractivo para que le deseemos.

Croatian Bible

Izrastao je pred njim poput izdanka, poput korijena iz zemlje sasušene. Ne bijaše na njem ljepote ni sjaja da bismo se u nj zagledali, ni ljupkosti da bi nam se svidio.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Jer izniče pred Njim kao šibljika, i kao koren iz suve zemlje; ne bi obličja ni lepote u Njega; i videsmo Ga, i ne beše ništa na očima, čega radi bismo Ga poželeli.

German Textbibel

Und so wuchs er vor ihm auf wie ein Wurzelsprößling und wie ein Wurzelschoß aus dürrem Land: er hatte nicht Gestalt, noch Schönheit, daß wir ihn hätten ansehen mögen, und kein Aussehen, daß wir Gefallen an ihm gefunden hätten.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

We brought a report as of a child before him; he is as a root in a thirsty land: he has no form nor comeliness; and we saw him, but he had no form nor beauty.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיַּ֨עַל כַּיּוֹנֵ֜ק לְפָנָ֗יו וְכַשֹּׁ֨רֶשׁ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֔ה לֹא־תֹ֥אַר ל֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א הָדָ֑ר וְנִרְאֵ֥הוּ וְלֹֽא־מַרְאֶ֖ה וְנֶחְמְדֵֽהוּ׃