Isaiah 53:2

¹ Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

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.

³ 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.

⁴ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: For He grew up as a tender shoot before His face, and as a root out of a dry land. No form [was] unto Him, and no splendor that we should see Him, and no appearance that we should desire him.

ÅB: Han[^1] skjøt opp som en kvist for hans åsyn og som et rotskudd av tørr jord; han hadde ingen skikkelse og ingen herlighet, og vi så ham, men han hadde ikke et utseende så vi kunne ha vår lyst i ham.
OTB: Han skjøt opp som en spire for hans åsyn, som et rotskudd av tørr jord. Han hadde ingen skjønnhet eller prakt som kunne tiltrekke oss, ingen skikkelse vi kunne ha lyst til.
B1930: Han skjøt op som en kvist for hans åsyn og som et rotskudd av tørr jord; han hadde ingen skikkelse og ingen herlighet, og vi så ham, men han hadde ikke et utseende så vi kunde ha vår lyst i ham. / < JES 52, 13. 11, 1. 10; 52, 14.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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Philippians 2:6–7
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
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Isaiah 52:14
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
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Isaiah 11:1
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
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John 1:10–14
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
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Mark 6:3
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
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Ezekiel 17:22–24
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
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Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
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John 19:14–15
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
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