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


In Context

1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.

2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord 's hand double for all her sins.

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

4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.

5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."

Isaiah 40:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version 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 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.