ISA 40:4 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Πᾶσα φάραγξ πληρωθήσεται, καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ βουνὸς ταπεινωθήσεται· καὶ ἔσται πάντα τὰ σκολιὰ εἰς εὐθεῖαν, καὶ ἡ τραχεῖα εἰς πεδία.
(Pasa faragx plaʸrōthaʸsetai, kai pan oros kai bounos tapeinōthaʸsetai; kai estai panta ta skolia eis eutheian, kai haʸ traⱪeia eis pedia. )

BrTr Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: [fn]and all the crooked ways shall become straight, and the rough places plains.

ULT Every valley will be lifted up,
⇔ and every mountain and hill leveled;
⇔ and the rugged land will be as a plateau,
⇔ and the rough places a plain;

UST Fill in the valleys;
⇔ flatten every hill and every mountain.
⇔ Make the uneven ground smooth,
⇔ and make the rough places smooth.

BSB Every valley shall be lifted up,
⇔ and every mountain and hill made low;
⇔ the uneven ground will become smooth,
⇔ and the rugged land a plain.[fn]

40:4 LXX Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low. All the crooked ways shall become straight, and the rough places plains. Cited in Luke 3:5

OEB Let every valley be raised,
⇔ every mountain and hill brought low;
⇔ let the steep rugged ground become level,
⇔ the rough rocky ridges a plain.

WEBBE Every valley shall be exalted,
⇔ and every mountain and hill shall be made low.
⇔ The uneven shall be made level,
⇔ and the rough places a plain.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Every valley must be elevated,
⇔ and every mountain and hill leveled.
⇔ The rough terrain will become a level plain,
⇔ the rugged landscape a wide valley.

LSV Every valley is raised up,
And every mountain and hill become low,
And the crooked place has become a plain,
And the entangled places a valley.

FBV Fill in all the valleys; level all the mountains and hills; smooth out the uneven ground; make the rough places flat.

T4T Fill in the valleys;
⇔ flatten every hill and every mountain.
⇔ Make the uneven ground smooth,
⇔ and make the rough places smooth.

LEB • and every mountain and hill shall become low, • And the rough ground shall be like a plain, • and the rugged ground like a valley-plain.

BBE Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the rugged shall be made level, and the rough places a plain;

ASV 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:

DRA 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.

YLT Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.

Drby Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places a plain.

RV 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:

Wbstr 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.

KJB-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:[fn][fn]

40.4 straight: or, a straight place

40.4 plain: or, a plain place

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Euery valley shalbe exalted, and euery mountaine and hill shalbe made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plaine.
(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 plaine.)

40:4 Or, a straight place.

40:4 Or, a plaine place.

Bshps All valleys shalbe exalted, and euery mountayne and hyll layde lowe: what so is croked shalbe made strayght, and the rough shalbe made playne.
(All valleys shall be exalted, and every mountain and hyll laid lowe: what so is croked shall be made straight, and the rough shall be made playne.)

Gnva Euery valley shall be exalted, and euery mountaine and hill shall be made lowe: and the crooked shalbe streight, and the rough places plaine.
(Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made lowe: and the crooked shall be streight, and the rough places plaine. )

Cvdl Let all valleis be exalted, and euery mountayne and hill be layde lowe. What so is croked, let it be made straight, and let the rough places be made playne feldes.
(Let all valleis be exalted, and every mountain and hill be laid lowe. What so is croked, let it be made straight, and let the rough places be made plain fields.)

Wycl Ech valey schal be enhaunsid, and ech mounteyn and litil hil schal be maad low; and schrewid thingis schulen be in to streiyt thingis, and scharpe thingis schulen be in to pleyn weies.
(Each valley shall be enhaunsid, and each mounteyn and little hill shall be made low; and schrewid things should be in to streiyt things, and scharpe things should be in to pleyn ways.)

Luth Alle Täler sollen erhöhet werden, und alle Berge und Hügel sollen geniedriget werden, und was ungleich ist, soll eben, und was höckericht ist, soll schlicht werden.
(Alle Täler sollen erhöhet become, and all mountains/hills and hill sollen geniedriget become, and what/which ungleich is, should eben, and what/which höckericht is, should schlight become.)

ClVg Omnis vallis exaltabitur, et omnis mons et collis humiliabitur, et erunt prava in directa, et aspera in vias planas:[fn]
(Everyone vallis exaltabitur, and everyone mons and collis humiliabitur, and erunt prava in directa, and aspera in vias planas: )

40.4 Omnis vallis exaltabitur. Qui se exaltat, humiliabitur, et qui se humiliat, etc. Hoc usque hodie in deserto gentilium Ecclesiarum clamant magistri.

40.4 Everyone vallis exaltabitur. Who se exaltat, humiliabitur, and who se humiliat, etc. This until hodie in desert gentilium Ecclesiarum clamant magistri.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled

(Some words not found in UHB: all/each/any/every valley lifted_up and=all mountain and,hill made_low and=it_was the,rough_ground like,level and,the,rough_places like,plain )

These phrases explain how the people are to prepare a highway for Yahweh. They can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: “Lift up every valley, and level every mountain and hill”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Every valley will be lifted up

(Some words not found in UHB: all/each/any/every valley lifted_up and=all mountain and,hill made_low and=it_was the,rough_ground like,level and,the,rough_places like,plain )

Making the valleys level with the rest of the ground is spoken of as if it were lifting up the valleys. Alternate translation: “Every valley will be filled in”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) and the rugged land will be made level, and the rough places a plain

(Some words not found in UHB: all/each/any/every valley lifted_up and=all mountain and,hill made_low and=it_was the,rough_ground like,level and,the,rough_places like,plain )

These phrases explain how the people are to prepare a highway for Yahweh. They can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: “make the rugged land level, and make the rough places into a plain” (See also: figs-ellipsis)

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