Luke 3:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough ways shall be made smooth;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Every valley and ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be leveled; and the crooked places shall be made straight, and the rough roads shall be made smooth;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;

Common English Bible

⁵ Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be leveled. The crooked will be made straight and the rough places made smooth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low. And what is crooked shall be made straight. And the rough paths shall be made into level ways.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Every valley shall be filled; and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight; and the rough ways plain;

Luke 3:5 Cross References

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 42:16

I will lead the blind by a road they do not know; by paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron;

Isaiah 49:11

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

Ezekiel 17:24

All the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord. I bring low the high tree; I make high the low tree; I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I the Lord have spoken; I will accomplish it.

James 1:9

Let the brother or sister of humble means boast in having a high position