KJV King James Version
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:
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Isaiah 40:4
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
WEB World English Bible
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
ASV American Standard Version
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.
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:
7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people [is] grass.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כָּל־H3605 · kolallגֶּיא֙H1516 · gayValleyיִנָּשֵׂ֔אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseוְכָל־H3605 · kolallהַ֥רH2022 · harmountain: mountוְגִבְעָ֖הH1389 · giv.ahGibeath-(elohim)יִשְׁפָּ֑לוּH8213 · sha.phelto abaseוְהָיָ֤הH1961 · ha.yahto beהֶֽעָקֹב֙H6121 · a.qovinsidiousלְמִישׁ֔וֹרH4334 · mi.shorplainוְהָרְכָסִ֖יםH7406 · re.khesroughnessלְבִקְעָֽה׃H1237 · biq.ahValley (of Jericho)
Cross-references
Luke 3:5Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways [shall be] made smooth;Ezekiel 21:26Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this [shall] not [be] the same: exalt [him that is] low, and abase [him that is] high.Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified [rather] than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.Isaiah 42:15-16I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.Isaiah 45:2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done [it].Job 40:11-13Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one [that is] proud, and abase him.Luke 1:52-53He hath put down the mighty from [their] seats, and exalted them of low degree.Isaiah 2:12-15For the day of the LORD of hosts [shall be] upon every [one that is] proud and lofty, and upon every [one that is] lifted up; and he shall be brought low:Psalm 113:7-8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;Isaiah 42:11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages [that] Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.Proverbs 2:15Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:
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