Isaiah 40:3 - New Revised Standard Version

³ A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ A voice of one who cries: Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord [clear away the obstacles]; make straight and smooth in the desert a highway for our God! [Mark 1:3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

³ A voice is crying out: “Clear the LORD’s way in the desert! Make a level highway in the wilderness for our God!

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ The voice of one crying out in the desert: "Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Isaiah 40:3 Cross References

Psalm 68:4

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds — his name is the Lord— be exultant before him.

Isaiah 35:8

A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God's people; no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.

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 43:19

I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 49:11

And I will turn all my mountains into a road, and my highways shall be raised up.

Isaiah 57:14

It shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way.”

Malachi 3:1

See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

John 1:23

He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ ” as the prophet Isaiah said.