KJV King James Version
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
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Isaiah 40:3
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
WEB World English Bible
The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
ASV American Standard Version
The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A voice is crying—in a wilderness—Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 40
1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins.
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see [it] together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].
6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ק֣וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceקוֹרֵ֔אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toבַּמִּדְבָּ֕רH4057 · mid.barmouthפַּנּ֖וּH6437 · pa.nahto turnדֶּ֣רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDיַשְּׁרוּ֙H3474 · ya.sharto smoothבָּעֲרָבָ֔הH6160 · a.ra.vahArabahמְסִלָּ֖הH4546 · me.sil.lahhighwayלֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃H430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.Mark 1:2-5As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.John 1:23He said, I [am] the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.Matthew 3:1-3In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,Luke 1:16-17And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.Luke 1:76-77And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;Malachi 4:5-6Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:Isaiah 57:14And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.Isaiah 43:19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.Isaiah 62:10-11Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.Isaiah 35:8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err [therein].Luke 3:2-6Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.Isaiah 49:11And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.Isaiah 11:15-16And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make [men] go over dryshod.Psalm 68:4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
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