Parallel Verses

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.'

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.

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.

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:

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 tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her heavy service has been completed, that her penalty has been paid, that she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins." 3 A voice cries out: "In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; and in the desert a straight highway for our God.' 4 Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be lowered; the rough ground will become level, and the mountain ridges made a plain.


Cross References

Malachi 3:1

"Watch out! I'm sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly, the LORD you are looking for will come to his Temple. He is the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Watch out! He is coming!" says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

John 1:23

He replied, "I am ""a voice crying out in the wilderness, "Prepare the Lord's highway,"' as the prophet Isaiah said."

Malachi 4:5-6

"Pay attention! I'm sending Elijah the prophet to you before the great and dreadful Day of the LORD comes,

Psalm 68:4

Sing to God! Sing praise to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds. The LORD is his name. Be jubilant in his presence.

Isaiah 43:19

Watch! I'm about to carry out something new! And now it's springing up don't you recognize it? I'm making a way in the wilderness and paths in the desert.

Isaiah 57:14

And one has said: "Build up! Build up the road! Prepare the highway! Remove every obstacle from my people's way.'

Mark 1:2-5

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See! I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way.

Isaiah 11:15-16

The LORD will totally destroy the gulf of the Sea of Egypt. He will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River with a violent wind, breaking it up into seven streams, and making a way for people to cross on foot.

Isaiah 35:8

"A highway will be there yes, there and people will call it "The Holy Way'. As for unclean people, they will not journey on it, but it will be for whomever is traveling on that Way not even fools will get lost.

Isaiah 49:11

I'll turn all my mountains into a road, and my highways will be raised up.

Isaiah 62:10-11

"Pass through the gates! prepare the way for the people! Build up! Build up the highway! Clear it of stumbling stones, speak among the nations.

Matthew 3:1-3

About this time, John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the Judean wilderness,

Luke 1:16-17

He will bring many of Israel's descendants back to the Lord their God.

Luke 1:76-77

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, because you will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his way

Luke 3:2-6

and Annas and Caiaphas high priests, a message from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

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