KJV King James Version
I 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:
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Isaiah 45:2
I 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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
WEB World English Bible
“I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.
ASV American Standard Version
I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘I go before thee, and crooked places make straight, Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver, And bars of iron I cut asunder,
Surrounding context — Isaiah 45
1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
2 I 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:
3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call [thee] by thy name, [am] the God of Israel.
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
5 I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֲנִי֙H589 · a.niIלְפָנֶ֣יךָH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeאֵלֵ֔ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentוַהֲדוּרִ֖יםH1921 · ha.darto honorאֲיַשֵּׁ֑רH3474 · ya.sharto smoothדַּלְת֤וֹתH1817 · daldoorנְחוּשָׁה֙H5154 · ne.chu.shahbronzeאֲשַׁבֵּ֔רH7665 · sha.varto breakוּבְרִיחֵ֥יH1280 · be.ri.achbarבַרְזֶ֖לH1270 · bar.zelironאֲגַדֵּֽעַ׃H1438 · ga.dato cut down/off
Cross-references
Isaiah 40:4Every 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: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;Isaiah 42:16And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.Psalm 107:16For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.Jeremiah 51:30The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in [their] holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.Isaiah 13:4-17The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.Acts 1:15And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
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