Parallel Verses
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.
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
Interlinear
Yalak
Paniym
Yashar
Hadar
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 45:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cyrus, God's Instrument
1
Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
2
I will
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 107:16
For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron.
Isaiah 40:4
Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.
Isaiah 13:4-17
The sound of a tumult is on the mountains as of a great multitude! The sound of an uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathering together! The LORD of hosts is mustering a host for battle.
Isaiah 42:16
And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them.
Jeremiah 51:30
The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting; they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed; they have become women; her dwellings are on fire; her bars are broken.
Luke 3:5
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways,
Acts 1:15
In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said,