Isaiah 53:2

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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.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.

In other translations

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.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.

Hebrew words

וַיַּעַלvaiya'aland he grew upH5927כַּיּוֹנֵקkaiyoneklike <the> shootH3126לְפָנָיוlefanav<to> before himH6440וְכַשֹּׁרֶשׁvekhashoreshand like <the> rootH8328מֵאֶרֶץme'eretzfrom groundH776צִיָּהtziyahdryH6723לֹא־lo'-notH3808תֹאַרto'arformH8389לוֹlo[belonged] to himוְלֹאvelo'and notH3808הָדָרhadarsplendorH1926וְנִרְאֵהוּvenir'ehuand we will look at himH7200וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808מַרְאֶהmar'ehappearanceH4758וְנֶחְמְדֵהוּ׃venechmedehuand we will desire himH2530

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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