Isaiah 53:9–10

Every witness, in order

1. 8th–6th century BC (by section; debated)

   The oracle as first spoken or written

   – No copy survives

   No original survives. The oldest copies of Isaiah are the Qumran scrolls: the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa-a, about 125 BC, nearly complete), 1QIsa-b (1Q8) and some twenty other fragmentary manuscripts.

2. c. 125 BC (palaeography; reported)

   Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa-a), Qumran Cave 1

   ✓ Contains this passageDescends, through lost copies, from The oracle as first spoken or written

   How the site knows this: Described from a published transcription of the manuscript. Described in the site's own words from Martin Abegg's transcription (ETCBC/CACCHT Dead Sea Scrolls dataset v2.0.5); the transcription itself is not reproduced. Photographs and DJD XXXII not yet checked.

   Hebrew numbering: Isaiah 53:9–10. In v. 9 "they set" (plural) for "he set"; a word meaning "his tomb" or "his high place" where the Masoretic Text has "in his deaths"; "rich" was first written as a plural and corrected. In v. 10 "and he pierced (or profaned) him" from the root chalal, where the Masoretic Text has "he made him sick." Otherwise the differences are of spelling (fuller use of vowel letters) and small grammatical forms.

3. 1st century BC – 1st century AD (reported)

   1QIsa-b (1Q8), Qumran Cave 1

   ◐ Contains part of itDescends, through lost copies, from The oracle as first spoken or written

   How the site knows this: Described from a published transcription of the manuscript. Described in the site's own words from Martin Abegg's transcription (ETCBC/CACCHT Dead Sea Scrolls dataset v2.0.5); the transcription itself is not reproduced. Photographs and DJD XXXII not yet checked.

   Hebrew numbering: Isaiah 53:9–10. A fragmentary copy: only parts of these verses survive, and in the transcription much of the passage is restored by the editors. What survives agrees with the Masoretic Text.

4. 1st century BC – 1st century AD (reported)

   4QIsa-d (4Q58), Qumran Cave 4

   ◐ Contains part of itDescends, through lost copies, from The oracle as first spoken or written

   How the site knows this: Described from a published transcription of the manuscript. Described in the site's own words from Martin Abegg's transcription (ETCBC/CACCHT Dead Sea Scrolls dataset v2.0.5); the transcription itself is not reproduced. Photographs and DJD XXXII not yet checked.

   Hebrew numbering: Isaiah 53:9–10. A fragmentary copy: only parts of these verses survive, and in the transcription much of the passage is restored by the editors. In v. 10 reads "he made him sick" (partly damaged), like the Masoretic Text.

5. 1st century AD; edition 2010s

   1 Peter 2:22 (Greek New Testament; library: Statistical Restoration text)

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   “ὃς ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν, οὐδὲ εὑρέθη δόλος ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ”·

   who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth

   1 Peter's quotation (with "sin" for "violence," as in the Greek). KJV: "Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:"

6. Jerome c. AD 400, from Hebrew; edition 1592

   Latin Vulgate (Clementine)

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   Et dabit impios pro sepultura, et divitem pro morte sua, eo quod iniquitatem non fecerit, neque dolus fuerit in ore ejus. Et Dominus voluit conterere eum in infirmitate. Si posuerit pro peccato animam suam, videbit semen longævum, et voluntas Domini in manu ejus dirigetur.

   Latin numbering: Isaiah 53:9–10. Jerome translated Isaiah from Hebrew (c. AD 400).

7. AD 1008

   Masoretic Text (Leningrad Codex)

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   וַיִּתֵּ֤ן אֶת־רְשָׁעִים֙ קִבְר֔וֹ וְאֶת־עָשִׁ֖יר בְּמֹתָ֑יו עַ֚ל לֹא־חָמָ֣ס עָשָׂ֔ה וְלֹ֥א מִרְמָ֖ה בְּפִֽיו׃ וַיהוָ֞ה חָפֵ֤ץ דַּכְּאוֹ֙ הֶֽחֱלִ֔י אִם־תָּשִׂ֤ים אָשָׁם֙ נַפְשׁ֔וֹ יִרְאֶ֥ה זֶ֖רַע יַאֲרִ֣יךְ יָמִ֑ים וְחֵ֥פֶץ יְהוָ֖ה בְּיָד֥וֹ יִצְלָֽח׃

   They set his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death, though he had done no violence and there was no deceit in his mouth (v. 9)

   Hebrew numbering: Isaiah 53:9–10.

8. 1611

   King James Bible

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   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. 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.

9. Greek translation c. 2nd century BC; French 1872

   Greek Isaiah (library: Giguet's French)

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   Je donnerai les méchants pour prix de sa sépulture, et les riches pour prix de sa mort; parce qu’il n’a point commis de péchés, et que le mensonge n’a jamais été dans sa bouche. Et il a plu au Seigneur de le purifier par l’effet de sa souffrance. Si vous faites une offrande pour vos péchés, votre vie verra une postérité qui vivra longtemps. Et il a plu au Seigneur

   Greek (digital file) numbering: Isaiah 53:9–10. Giguet's 1872 French of a printed Greek text (D check only); a C check needs Ziegler's Göttingen Isaiah or Rahlfs–Hanhart.