3The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.


In Context

1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins.

3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

4 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:

5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it. ]

Isaiah 40:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

40:3A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare the way for the Lord ; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:3The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

40:3The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:3The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:3The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:3The voice of one who calls out, |Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:3A voice is crying — in a wilderness — Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:3The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.