Isaiah 40:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be levelled; the uneven ground will become smooth and the rough places, a plain. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Every valley shall be lifted and filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked and uneven shall be made straight and level, and the rough places a plain. American Standard Version (1901) Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain: Common English Bible Every valley will be raised up, and every mountain and hill will be flattened. Uneven ground will become level, and rough terrain a valley plain. Catholic Public Domain Version Every valley will be exalted, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked will be straightened, and the uneven will become level ways. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain. |
A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight road for our God in the desert.
And the glory of the Lord will appear, and all humanity together will see it, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Let the desert and its cities shout, the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
‘I will go before you and level the uneven places; , I will shatter the bronze doors and cut the iron bars in two.
I will make all my mountains into a pathway, and my roads will be raised up.
Go out, go out through the city gates; prepare a way for the people! Build it up, build up the road; clear away the stones! Raise a banner for the peoples.
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord. I bring down the tall tree, and make the low tree tall. I cause the green tree to wither and make the withered tree thrive. I, the Lord, have spoken and I will do it.” ’
‘This is what the Lord God says: Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are; exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.
“What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. And he will bring out the capstone accompanied by shouts of: Grace, grace to it! ” ’
I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.’
Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; the crooked will become straight, the rough ways smooth,
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the rubbish heap. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honour. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; he has set the world on them.