Parallel Verses

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.

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
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 according to the heart of Jerusalem and cry unto her that her time is now fulfilled that her iniquity is pardoned; for she has received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice is calling,
Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
Make smooth 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 made plain:

Cross References

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, and the angel of the covenant, whom ye desire: behold, he comes, said the LORD of the hosts.

John 1:23

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.

Malachi 4:5-6

Behold, I send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD:

Psalm 68:4

Sing unto God, sing psalms unto his name; extol him that rides upon the heavens by his name JAH and rejoice before him.

Isaiah 43:19

Behold, I will do a new thing; it shall come to light quickly; shall ye not know it? I will again make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 57:14

And shall say, Clear away, clear away, level the way, take away the stumblingblocks out of the way of my people.

Mark 1:2-5

as it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Isaiah 11:15-16

And the LORD shall utterly dry up the tongue of the Egyptian sea and shall raise his hand in the strength of his spirit upon the river and shall smite it into seven streams and make men go over dryshod.

Isaiah 35:8

And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; and for those in it there shall be someone to go with them, in such a manner that the foolish shall not err therein.

Isaiah 49:11

And I will turn all my mountains into a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

Isaiah 62:10-11

Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; clear up, clear up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a banner as an example for the people.

Matthew 3:1-3

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea

Luke 1:16-17

And he shall turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

Luke 1:76-77

And thou, child, shalt be called prophet of the Most High, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

Luke 3:2-6

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came upon John the son of Zachariah in the wilderness.

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