Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the acclivity was for evenness, and the mountain ranges for a valley:
New American Standard Bible
And every mountain and hill be made low;
And let the rough ground become a plain,
And the rugged terrain a broad valley;
King James Version
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 plain:
Holman Bible
and every mountain and hill will be leveled;
the uneven ground will become smooth
and the rough places, a plain.
International Standard Version
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.
A Conservative Version
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. And the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places smooth.
American Standard Version
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
Amplified
“Every valley shall be raised,
And every mountain and hill be made low;
And let the rough ground become a plain,
And the rugged places a broad valley.
Bible in Basic English
Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,
Darby Translation
Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places a plain.
King James 2000
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 smooth:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall become low, And the rough ground shall be like a plain, and the rugged ground like a valley-plain.
Modern King James verseion
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked places shall be made level, and the rough places smooth;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let all valleys be exalted, and every mountain and hill be laid low. Whatso is crooked, let it be made straight, and let the rough places be made plain fields.
NET Bible
Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.
New Heart English Bible
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
The Emphasized Bible
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:
Webster
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 plain.
World English Bible
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
Youngs Literal Translation
Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.
Themes
Highways » All obstructions removed from, before persons of distinction
John the baptist » What was foretold about john the baptist
Mountains » Illustrative » Of difficulties
Straight » Figurative » Of righteousness, "straight paths,"
Travelers » Of distinction » Often preceded by heralds, &c to have the roads prepared
Valleys » Illustrative » (filling up of,) of removing all obstructions to the gospel
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:4
Prayers for Isaiah 40:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
3 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. 4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the acclivity was for evenness, and the mountain ranges for a valley: 5 And the glory of Jehovah was uncovered, and all flesh saw it together: for the mouth of Jehovah spake.
Cross References
Isaiah 45:2
I will go before thee, and I will make straight the circles: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and I will cut down the bars of iron:
Ezekiel 21:26
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Remove the tiara, and lift up the crown: this not thus: lift up the low, and make low the high.
Luke 3:5
Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mount and hill shall be lowered; and the crooked shall be into straightness, and the rough into smooth ways.
1 Samuel 2:8
Raising up the weak from the dust, he will raise up the needy from the dung-hill to sit with the noble, and he will cause them to inherit a throne of glory, for to Jehovah the castings of the earth, and he will put the habitable globe upon them.
Job 40:11-13
Scatter the overflowings of thine anger, and see every proud one and bring him low.
Psalm 113:7-8
Raising up the poor from the dust, he will lift up the needy from the dunghill.
Isaiah 2:12-15
For the day to Jehovah of armies is upon all the haughty and the high, and upon all lifted up; and he was humbled:
Isaiah 42:11
The desert and its cities shall lift up, the enclosures shall Kedar inhabit: they inhabiting the rock shall shout for joy, from the head of the mountains they shall shout for joy.
Isaiah 42:15-16
I will lay waste mountains and hills, and I will dry up all their green herbage; and I set the rivers for islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Ezekiel 17:24
And all the trees of the field knew that I Jehovah brought low the tree of height, made high the low tree, I dried up the green tree, and I caused the dry tree to flourish: I Jehovah spake and I did.
Luke 1:52-53
he has pulled down the powerful from thrones, and lifted up the
Luke 18:14
I say to you, this one went down to his house justified rather than that one: for every one lifting up himself shall be humbled; and he humbling himself shall be lifted up.
Proverbs 2:15
Whose paths are perverted, and in their tracks are bent aside: