2I will go before thee, and make the rugged places plain: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:


In Context

1 Thus saith the LORD 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 the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut;

2 I will go before thee, and make the rugged places plain: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder 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 am the LORD, which call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.

4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

Isaiah 45:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:2I 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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

45:2I will go before you and will level the mountains ; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

45:2I will go before thee, and will humble the great ones of the earth: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and will burst the bars of iron.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

45:2I 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;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:2I 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;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:2I 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:2|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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

45:2'I go before thee, and crooked places make straight, Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver, And bars of iron I cut asunder,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:2I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: