¹⁹But I was ^blike a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that ^cthey had devised devices against me, ^dsaying, ^eLet us destroy ^†^gthe tree with the fruit thereof, and ^hlet us cut him off from ⁱthe land of the living, ^jthat his name may be no more remembered.

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Footnotes

bSo Isai. 53:7. See Rev. 5:6.
cch. 18:18. Lam. 3:60, 61.
dSee ch. 50:5.
eComp. Wisd. 2:19.
†Heb. the stalk with his f bread.
gComp. Matt. 7:16, 17.
hSo Isai. 53:8.
iSee Ps. 27:13.

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j Ps. 83:4.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But I was like a gentle lamb

led to the slaughter.

I did not know it was against me

they devised schemes, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,

let us cut him off from the land of the living,

that his name be remembered no more.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;

let us cut him off from the land of the living,

that his name be remembered no more.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for I was like a docile lamb led to slaughter.

I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:

“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;

let’s cut him off from the land of the living

so that his name will no longer be remembered.”

NLTNew Living Translation

I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! “Let’s destroy this man and all his words,” they said. “Let’s cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I was like a gentle ram-lamb that is brought to slaughter,

and I did not know that they planned plans against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,

and let us cut him off from the land of the living,

so that his name will no longer be remembered.”