Verse List for YHN 1:23

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator,Yeshayah (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) So he said, “I am a voice shouting[fn] in the wilderness smooth the path of Yahweh, as the prophet Yeshayah said.”

OET-LV He _was _saying:
I am A_voice shouting in the wilderness straighten the way of_the_master, as Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊ^yāh) the prophet said.

ULT He said, ⇔ “I am a voice, crying out in the wilderness: ⇔ ‘Make the way of the Lord straight,’
§  just as Isaiah the prophet said.”

UST John told them, “I am the person shouting in the desolate area to prepare yourselves to receive the Lord when he comes. I am whom the prophet Isaiah foretold.”

BSB & MSB [John] replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: ⇔ “I [am] a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ⇔  ‘Make straight the way for [the] Lord.’ ”[fn]

BLB He was saying, "I am a voice crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,'" as Isaiah the prophet said.

AICNT 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.”[fn]

OEB ‘I,’ he answered, ‘am – ⇔ “The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness: make a straight road for the Lord”,
§  as the prophet Isaiah said.’

LSB He said, “I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, ‘MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE d LORD d*,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

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

NET John said, “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

LSV He said, “I [am] a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the LORD, as Isaiah the prophet said.”

FBV “I am a voice calling in the desert, ‘Make the Lord's way straight!’ ” he said, using the words of the prophet Isaiah.[fn]

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

T4T John replied, “I am the one the prophet Isaiah said would proclaim this new message loudly to the people who would pass by in this desolate area: ‘Prepare yourselves to receive the Lord when he comes [MET], just like people prepare a road for an important official.

LEB He said,
• “I am ‘the voice of one crying out in the wilderness,
• “Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’[fn]
¶  just as Isaiah the prophet said.”

BBE He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

Moff He said, "I am ⇔  ⇔ 'level the way for the Lord'-- as the prophet Isaiah said."

Wymth "I am the voice," he replied, "of one crying aloud, `Make straight the Lord's way in the Desert,' fulfilling the words of the Prophet Isaiah."

ASV He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

DRA He said: I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.

YLT He said, 'I [am] a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'

Drby He said, I [am] [the] voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of [the] Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

RV He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

SLT He said, I the voice of him crying in the desert, Make ye straight the way of the Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

Wbstr He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.

KJB-1769 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

KJB-1611 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wildernesse: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps He sayde: I am the voyce of a cryer in the wildernesse, make strayght the way of the Lorde, as sayde the prophete Esaias.
(He said: I am the voice of a cryer in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.)

Gnva He said, I am the voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.
(He said, I am the voice of him that crieth/cries in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.)

Cvdl He sayde: I am ye voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse. Make straight ye waye of the LORDE. As ye prophet Esay sayde:
(He said: I am ye/you_all voice of a cryer in the wilderness. Make straight ye/you_all way of the LORD. As ye/you_all prophet Isaiah said:)

TNT He sayde: I am the voyce of a cryar in the wyldernes make strayght the waye of the Lorde as sayde the Prophete Esaias.
(He said: I am the voice of a cryar in the wilderness make straight the way of the Lord as said the Prophet Esaias.)

Wycl He seide, Y am a vois of a crier in deseert, Dresse ye the weie of the Lord, as Ysaie, the prophete, seide.
(He said, I am a voice of a crier in desert, Dresse ye/you_all the way of the Lord, as Isaiah, the prophet, said.)

Luth Er sprach: Ich bin eine Stimme eines Predigers in der Wüste: Richtet den Weg des HErr’s! wie der Prophet Jesaja gesagt hat.
(He spoke: I am a/one voice(n) one/a preacher in the/of_the desert: Directs the way/path/road the LORD’s! as/like the/of_the Prophet Isaiah said has.)

ClVg Ait: Ego vox clamantis in deserto: Dirigite viam Domini, sicut dixit Isaias propheta.[fn]
(He_said: I voice crying in/into/on in_the_desert: Dirigite way/road Master, like he/she_said Isaiah a_prophet.)

SR-GNT Ἔφη, “Ἐγὼ ‘Φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ: “Εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν ˚Κυρίου” ’, καθὼς εἶπεν Ἠσαΐας ὁ προφήτης.” ‡

UGNT ἔφη, ἐγὼ φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου, καθὼς εἶπεν Ἠσαΐας ὁ προφήτης.

SBL-GNT ἔφη· Ἐγὼ φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· Εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου, καθὼς εἶπεν Ἠσαΐας ὁ προφήτης.

RP-GNT Ἔφη, Ἐγὼ φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, Εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου, καθὼς εἶπεν Ἠσαΐας ὁ προφήτης.

TC-GNT ἔφη, Ἐγὼ φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, Εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου, καθὼς εἶπεν Ἡσαΐας ὁ προφήτης.