Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

A voice of one crying! - In the desert, prepare ye the way of Yahweh, - Make smooth in the waste plain a highway for our God:

New American Standard Bible

A voice is calling,
Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

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.

Holman Bible

A voice of one crying out:

Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness;
make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

International Standard Version

A voice cries out: "In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; and in the desert a straight highway for our God.'

A Conservative Version

The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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.

Amplified


A voice of one is calling out,
“Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness [remove the obstacles];
Make straight and smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

Bible in Basic English

A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.

Darby Translation

The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God!

Julia Smith Translation

The voice of him calling in the desert, Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the sterile region a highway for our God.

King James 2000

The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A voice [is] calling in the wilderness, "Clear the way of Yahweh! Make a highway smooth in the desert for our God!

Modern King James verseion

The voice of him who cries in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah, make straight a highway in the desert for our God.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A voice crieth in the wilderness, "Prepare the way for the LORD, make straight the path for our God in the desert.

NET Bible

A voice cries out, "In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord; construct in the desert a road for our God.

New Heart English Bible

The voice of one who calls out, "Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness. Make a level highway in the desert for our God.

Webster

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.

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.

Youngs 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The voice
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

in the wilderness
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

פּנה 
Panah 
Usage: 134

ye the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

of the Lord

Usage: 0

in the desert
ערבה 
`arabah 
Usage: 61

מסלּה 
M@cillah 
Usage: 27

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Isaiah 40:3

Images Isaiah 40:3

Context Readings

Comfort For God's People

2 Speak ye unto the heart of Jerusalem, And cry unto her, - That accomplished is her warfare, That accepted is her punishment, - That she hath received, at the hand of Yahweh, According to the full measure of all her sins. 3 A voice of one crying! - In the desert, prepare ye the way of Yahweh, - Make smooth in the waste plain a highway for our God: 4 Let, every valley, be exalted, And every mountain and hill, be made low, - And, the steep ground become, level, And, the chain of hills - a plain:


Cross References

Malachi 3:1

Behold me! sending my messenger, who will prepare a way before me, - and, suddenly, shall come to his temple The Lord whom ye are seeking, even the messenger of the covenant in whom ye are delighting, Lo! he cometh! saith Yahweh of hosts.

John 1:23

He said - I, am a Voice, of one crying aloud; - In the desert, make ye straight, the way of the Lord: according as said Isaiah the prophet.

Malachi 4:5-6

Lo! I am sending unto you Elijah the prophet, - before the coming of the great and awful day of Yahweh;

Psalm 68:4

Sing ye to God, Make music of his Name, - Lift up (a song), to him that rideth through the waste plains, - Since Yah is his name, exult ye before him.

Isaiah 43:19

Behold me! doing a new thing, Now, shall it spring forth, Will ye not take note thereof? Surely I will set In the desert, a way, In a desolate land, rivers:

Isaiah 57:14

And one said - Cast ye up - cast ye up, prepare ye a way, - Lift the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.

Mark 1:2-5

According as it is written in Isaiah the prophet - Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way, -

Isaiah 11:15-16

And Yahweh, will devote to destruction, the gulf of the Egyptian sea, And will brandish his hand against the River, in the full force of his spirit, - And will smite it in the seven streams And cause a marching through in sandals,

Isaiah 35:8

And there shall be there, a raised way - even a high road, And the Highroad of Holiness, shall it be called, There shall not pass over it one who is unclean; But He Himself, shall be one of them travelling the road, And the perverse, shall not stray thereinto .

Isaiah 49:11

Then will I make of all my mountains, a road, And my highways, shall be upraised.

Isaiah 62:10-11

Pass ye through pass ye through the gates, Prepare ye the way of the people, - Cast ye up, cast ye up the highway, Clear it of stones, Lift ye high a standard unto the peoples.

Matthew 3:1-3

Now, in those days, came John the Immerser, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judaea;

Luke 1:16-17

And, many of the Sons of Israel, shall he turn towards the Lord their God;

Luke 1:76-77

And, even thou, child, prophet of the Most High, shalt be called, - for thou shall march on before the Lord, to prepare his ways,

Luke 3:2-6

in the High-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, came a word of God unto John the son, of Zechariah, in rue desert;

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