Parallel Verses
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;
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:
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;
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.
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 Yahweh, to his Anointed, to Cyrus - Whose right hand I have firmly grasped To subdue before him, nations, And the loins of kings, will I ungird, - To open, before him, the two-leaved doors, And, the gates, shall not be shut: 2 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; 3 Then will I give thee The treasures of darkness, Even the hoards of hidden places, - That thou mayest get to know That I - Yahweh, who am calling thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 107:16
For he brake in pieces the doors of bronze, And, the bars of iron, he hewed asunder.
Isaiah 40:4
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:
Isaiah 13:4-17
The noise of a tumult of kingdoms Nations gathered together, Yahweh of hosts, mustering a host for battle!
Isaiah 42:16
Thus will I lead the blind, by a way they know not, In paths they know not, will I guide them, - I will make the place that was dark before them to be, light. And crooked ways, to be, straight, These things, have I done unto them, And have not forsaken them.
Jeremiah 51:30
The heroes of Babylon have ceased to fight They have remained in the strongholds, Parched is their might, They have become women, - They have set fire to her habitations, Broken are her bars!
Luke 3:5
Every chasm, shall be filled up, and, every mountain and hill, be made low; and the, crooked, places shall become, straight, and the, rugged, places, smooth ways; -
Acts 1:15
And, in these days, Peter, standing up in the midst of the brethren, said, - and there was a multitude of names, of one accord, about a hundred and twenty, -