Isaiah 40:3
New International Reader's Version
3 A messenger is calling out,
“In the desert prepare
the way for the Lord.
Make a straight road through it
for our God.
Isaiah 40:3
New King James Version
3 (A)The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
(B)“Prepare the way of the Lord;
(C)Make straight [a]in the desert
A highway for our God.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:3 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX omits in the desert
Isaiah 40:3
King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 40:3
English Standard Version
3 (A)A voice cries:[a]
(B)“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
(C)make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one crying
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