KJV King James Version
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
WEB World English Bible
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!’”
ASV American Standard Version
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,’—
Surrounding context — Mark 1
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
6 And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
φωνὴG5456 · phōnēvoice/sound: voiceβοῶντοςG994 · boaōto cry outἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐρήμῳG2048 · erēmosdesertedἑτοιμάσατεG2090 · hetoimazōto make readyτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoὁδὸνG3598 · hodosroadκυρίου,G2962 · kurioslord: GodεὐθείαςG2117 · euthusStraightποιεῖτεG4160 · poieōto do/make: doτὰςG3588 · hothe/this/whoτρίβουςG5147 · tribospathαὐτοῦ.¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Isaiah 40:3-5The 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.Matthew 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.Luke 3:4-6As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.John 3:28-36Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.John 1:15John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.John 1:19-34And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
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