Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the brazen doors, and cut asunder the bars of iron;
New American Standard Bible
I will
King James Version
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
Holman Bible
and level the uneven places;
I will shatter the bronze doors
and cut the iron bars in two.
International Standard Version
"I myself will go before you, and he will make the mountains level; I'll shatter bronze doors and cut through iron bars.
A Conservative Version
I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth. I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut apart the bars of iron.
American Standard Version
I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;
Amplified
“I will go before you and level the mountains;
I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
Bible in Basic English
I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:
Julia Smith Translation
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:
King James 2000
I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron:
Lexham Expanded Bible
"I myself will go before you, and I will level [the] {mountains}. I will break [the] doors of bronze and cut through[the] bars of iron.
Modern King James verseion
I will go before you, and make hills level. I will break in pieces the bronze gates, and cut the iron bars in two.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will go before thee, and make the crooked straight. I shall break the brazen doors, and burst the iron bars.
NET Bible
"I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.
New Heart English Bible
"I will go before you, and make the mountains level. I will break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.
The Emphasized Bible
I, before thee, will go, And the hills, will I level - The doors of bronze, will I break in pieces, e And the bars of iron, will I cut asunder;
Webster
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut asunder the bars of iron:
World English Bible
"I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.
Youngs Literal Translation
'I go before thee, and crooked places make straight, Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver, And bars of iron I cut asunder,
Themes
Brass » Articles made of » Gates
Call » To special religious duty » Cyrus
Gates » Fastened with bars of iron
Medo-persian kingdom » Predictions respecting » Deliverance of the jews
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 45:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cyrus, God's Instrument
1 Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him and I will loose the loins of kings; to open before him the two-leaved doors, and the gates shall not be shut: 2 I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the brazen doors, and cut asunder the bars of iron; 3 and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places; that thou mayest know that I, Jehovah, who call thee by name, am the God of Israel.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 107:16
For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron.
Isaiah 40:4
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.
Isaiah 13:4-17
The noise of a multitude on the mountains, as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations assembled together: Jehovah of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
Isaiah 42:16
And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not, in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Jeremiah 51:30
The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight, they are sitting in the fortresses; their might hath failed, they are become as women: they have set her dwelling places on fire; her bars are broken.
Luke 3:5
Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked places shall become a straight path, and the rough places smooth ways,
Acts 1:15
And in those days Peter, standing up in the midst of the brethren, said, (the crowd of names who were together was about a hundred and twenty,)