Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Isaiah 53:4 in English Standard Version "Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted." Ps 69:26 For they persecute him whom you have struck down, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded. Mt 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”