Isaiah 50:6

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to that that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

a. NASB 2020: I gave My back to those who strike Me, And My cheeks to those who pull out My beard; I did not hide My face from insults and spitting.   [NASB2020 New American Standard Bible. Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation; All Rights Reserved]

b. YLT: My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.  [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified: I gave My back to the smiters and My cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I hid not My face from shame and spitting. [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. The Milstein Edition, Later Prophets, Isaiah. With Rabbinic Commentary: I submitted my body to those who smite and my cheeks to those who pluck; I did not hide my face from humiliation and spit. [THE ARTSCROLL SERIES\MILSTEIN EDITION THE LATTER PROPHETS, ISAIAH Ⓒ Copyright 2013 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ltd.]

e. ESV:  I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;

I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.  [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]

1. “I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to that that plucked off the hair…”

a. [I] gave [Strong: 5414 nâthan, naw-than'; a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.):—add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, × avenge, × be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, × doubtless, × without fail, fasten, frame, × get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), × have, × indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), lie, lift up, make, O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, × pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), sing, slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, × surely, × take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, weep, willingly, withdraw, would (to) God, yield.

b. [my] back [Strong: 4160 gêv, gave; from H1342 (corresponding to H1354); the back; by analogy, the middle:— among, back, body.]

c. [to the] smithers [Strong: 5221 nâkâh, naw-kaw'; a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively):—beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), × go forward, × indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, × surely, wound.]

d. [and my] cheeks [Strong: 3895 lᵉchîy, lekh-ee'; from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone:—cheek (bone), jaw (bone).]

e. [to them who] plucked off the hair [Strong: 4803 mâraṭ, maw-rat'; a primitive root; to polish; by implication, to make bald (the head), to gall (the shoulder); also, to sharpen:—bright, furbish, (have his) hair (be) fallen off, peeled, pluck off (hair).]

1). This is a reference to Jesus as he was being persecuted by the Jewish leaders and perhaps the Roman soldiers.

a). Matthew 27:66-68 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

27:67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

27:68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

2. “…I hid not my face from shame and spitting.”

a. [I] hid [Strong: 5641 çâthar, saw-thar'; a primitive root; to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively:—be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, × surely.]

b. not [Strong: 3808 lôʼ, lo; or לוֹא lôwʼ; or לֹה lôh; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; + not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles:—× before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.]

c. [my] face [Strong: 6440 pânîym, paw-neem'; plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה pâneh; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.):— accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, prospect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.]

d. [from] shame [Strong: 3639 kᵉlimmâh, kel-im-maw'; from H3637; disgrace:—confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.]

e. [and] spitting [Strong: 7536 rôq, roke; from H7556; spittle:—spit(-ting, -tle).]

1). This is a reference to Jesus as he was being persecuted by the Jewish leaders and perhaps the Roman soldiers.

a). Mark 14:64, 65 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

2). Later on in the book of Isaiah the Spirit of God tells us that the face of Jesus was so marred and abused .

a). 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: