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


In Context

1 Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut:

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

3 And have given to thee treasures of darkness, Even treasures of secret places, So that thou knowest that I, Jehovah, Who am calling on thy name — am the God of Israel.

4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I call also thee by thy name, I surname thee, And 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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

45:2I 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:

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 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: