The Meaning of Isaiah 50:6 Explained

Isaiah 50:6

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

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.

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

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

Discover Isaiah 50:6

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 50:6?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 50:6 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 50:6 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 50:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Isaiah 50:6 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Disdain and abuse are the inevitable consequences of obeying God consistently by declaring His messages. All the true servants of the Lord experience this to some extent ( 2 Timothy 3:12). This is only the second reference to the Servant as a sufferer (cf. Isaiah 49:7). This theme receives major exposition in the fourth Servant Song. The Servant said He gave Himself over to this type of treatment. It is one thing to endure such treatment, but it is quite another to gladly submit to it without defending oneself. These descriptions picture persecution that Jesus Christ endured literally (cf. Matthew 26:67; Matthew 27:30; Mark 14:65; Mark 15:16-20; Luke 22:63). If we did not have the fulfillment of this prophecy in the life of the Lord Jesus, it would be easy to interpret this verse as only a figurative, poetic description of suffering. The literal fulfillment of this and other first advent prophecies should encourage us to expect the literal fulfillment of second advent prophecies. Jesus laid down His life on His own initiative ( John 10:17-18).
"It would be impossible for any sinful human being, no matter how fine a person he was, to undergo the sufferings herein described without a spirit of rebellion welling up within him. And if a spirit of revenge took hold of him, we might well understand. Even Jeremiah complained at the way he was being used (cf. Jeremiah 20:9; Jeremiah 20:14 ff, and note Job 3). Only one who was entirely without sin could undergo such suffering without a rebellious spirit [1]." [2]

Context Summary

Isaiah 50:1-11 - Help For Those Who Trust In Him
It is impossible for God to put away the soul that clings to Him in penitence and faith. Heaven and earth may be searched, but no bill of divorce can be found. See Deuteronomy 24:1. And He sends His great servant, our Lord, of whom this chapter is full, to deliver and assure our trembling faith.
Notice the difference in Isaiah 50:4, between the Authorized Version and the Revised Version which reads, Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary"¦. He wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught. This quality of teachableness was primarily true of Jesus. It was the habit of His human life to listen to the secret teaching of the Father, breathed into His heart. See John 8:28; John 8:40. So also must we allow ourselves to be wakened by Him, each morning, that we also may know how to help men more efficiently and tenderly.
From the first, Jesus knew that He must die. See Mark 10:34. But He did not turn back. See Hebrews 10:5, etc. Was not His choice abundantly vindicated? The Father who justified Him was always near, John 8:29. See John 16:22. Let us who may be walking in darkness learn from our King to stay ourselves on God. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 50

1  Christ shows Israel's Sin is not to be imputed to him,
2  by his ability to save
5  By his obedience in that work
7  And by his confidence in that assistance
10  An exhortation to trust in God, and not in ourselves

What do the individual words in Isaiah 50:6 mean?

My back I gave to those who struck [Me] and My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard My face not I did hide from shame and spitting
גֵּוִי֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לְמַכִּ֔ים וּלְחָיַ֖י לְמֹֽרְטִ֑ים פָּנַי֙ לֹ֣א הִסְתַּ֔רְתִּי מִכְּלִמּ֖וֹת וָרֹֽק

גֵּוִי֙  My  back 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: גֵּו 
Sense: the back, back, midst.
נָתַ֣תִּי  I  gave 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לְמַכִּ֔ים  to  those  who  struck  [Me] 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
וּלְחָיַ֖י  and  My  cheeks 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, fdc, first person common singular
Root: לְחִי  
Sense: jaw, cheek.
לְמֹֽרְטִ֑ים  to  those  who  plucked  out  the  beard 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: מָרַט  
Sense: to bare, polish, make smooth or bald or bare.
פָּנַי֙  My  face 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הִסְתַּ֔רְתִּי  I  did  hide 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: סָתַר  
Sense: to hide, conceal.
מִכְּלִמּ֖וֹת  from  shame 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural
Root: כְּלִמָּה  
Sense: disgrace, reproach, shame, confusion, dishonour, insult, ignominy.
וָרֹֽק  and  spitting 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹק  
Sense: spittle.

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