The Conflicting Translations

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Here is the so-called Pierced Messiah text as translated by Geza Vermes (left) and by Robert Eisenman and Michael Wise (right):

Vermes	Eisenman and Wise
1 ] Isaiah the prophet: The thickets of the forest] will be cut [down	1 [ ] Isaiah the Prophet [ ]
2 with an axe and Lebanon by a majestic one will f]all. And there shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse [	2[ ] The Scepter shall go forth from the Root of Jesse [
3 ] the Branch of David and they will enter into judgment with [	3 [ the] Branch of David and they shall be judged [ ]
4 ] and the Prince of the Congregation, the Bran[ch of David] will kill him [	4 And they put to death (possibly too “shall put to death”) the leader of the community, the Bran[ch of David ]
5 by stroke]s and by wounds. And a Priest [of renown (?)] will command [	5 [ ] with wounds (also “stripes” or “piercings”), and the Priest (the High Priest) shall order [ ]
6 the s]lai[n] of the Kitti[m]