ISA 45:2 Parallel Verse View

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45:2 Variant note: אושר: (x-qere) ’אֲיַשֵּׁ֑ר’: lemma_3474 n_1 morph_HVpi1cs id_23woV אֲיַשֵּׁ֑ר

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἐγὼ ἔμπροσθέν σου πορεύσομαι, καὶ ὄρη ὁμαλιῶ, θύρας χαλκᾶς συντρίψω, καὶ μοχλοὺς σιδηροῦς συνκλάσω.
(Egō emprosthen sou poreusomai, kai oraʸ homaliō, thuras ⱪalkas suntripsō, kai moⱪlous sidaʸrous sunklasō. )

BrTr I will go before thee, and will level mountains: I will break to pieces brazen doors, and will burst iron bars.

ULT “I shall go before your face
⇔ and level the mountains;
⇔ the doors of bronze I shall break
⇔ and bars of iron cut

UST This is what Yahweh says to him:
⇔ “Cyrus, I will go ahead of you
⇔ and level the mountains.
⇔ I will smash down bronze gates
⇔ and cut through their iron bars.

BSB ⇔ “I will go before you
⇔ and level the mountains;[fn]
⇔ I will break down the gates of bronze
⇔ and cut through the bars of iron.

OEB ‘I will go in person before you,
⇔ and mountains I will level;
⇔ I will shiver the doors of bronze,
⇔ and cleave bars of iron in sunder.

WEBBE “I will go before you
⇔ and make the rough places smooth.
⇔ I will break the doors of bronze in pieces
⇔ and cut apart the bars of iron.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “I will go before you
⇔ and level mountains.
⇔ Bronze doors I will shatter
⇔ and iron bars I will hack through.

LSV “I go before you, and make crooked places straight,
I shatter doors of bronze,
And I cut bars of iron apart,

FBV I will go ahead of you and level the mountains.[fn] I will break down bronze gates and cut through iron bars.

45:2 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint reading.

T4T This is what Yahweh says to him:
⇔ “Cyrus, I will go ahead of you
⇔ and level the mountains.
⇔ I will smash down bronze gates
⇔ and cut through iron bars.

LEB • and I will level the[fn] • I will break the doors of bronze • and cut through the bars of iron.

45:? Literally “swells”

BBE I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:

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JPS I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;

ASV I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;

DRA I will go before thee, and will humble the great ones of the earth: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and will burst the bars of iron.

YLT 'I go before thee, and crooked places make straight, Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver, And bars of iron I cut asunder,

Drby I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the brazen doors, and cut asunder the bars of iron;

RV I will go before thee, and make the rugged places plain: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

Wbstr I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut asunder the bars of iron:

KJB-1769 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
(I will go before thee/you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: )

KJB-1611 I will goe before thee, and make the crooked places straight, I wil break in pieces the gates of brasse, and cut in sunder the barres of yron.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps I wyll go before thee, and make the crooked straigth: I shall breake the brasen doores, and burst the iron barres.
(I will go before thee/you, and make the crooked straigth: I shall break the brasen doors, and burst the iron bars.)

Gnva I will goe before thee and make the crooked streight: I will breake the brasen doores, and burst the yron barres.
(I will go before thee/you and make the crooked streight: I will break the brasen doors, and burst the iron bars. )

Cvdl I wil go before the, and make the croked straight. I shal breake the brasen dores, & burst the yron barres.
(I will go before them, and make the croked straight. I shall break the brasen doors, and burst the iron bars.)

Wycl Y schal go bifore thee, and Y schal make lowe the gloriouse men of erthe; Y schal al to-breke brasun yatis, and Y schal breke togidere irun barris.
(I shall go before thee/you, and I shall make lowe the gloriouse men of earth; I shall all to-breke brasun yatis, and I shall breke together irun barris.)

Luth Ich will vor dir hergehen und die Höcker eben machen; ich will die ehernen Türen zerschlagen und die eisernen Riegel zerbrechen
(I will before/in_front_of you/to_you hergehen and the Höcker eben machen; I will the brazen Türen zerschlagen and the eisernen Riegel zerbrechen)

ClVg Ego ante te ibo, et gloriosos terræ humiliabo; portas æreas conteram, et vectes ferreos confringam:
(I before you(sg) ibo, and gloriosos terræ humiliabo; portas æreas conteram, and vectes ferreos confringam: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) level the mountains

(Some words not found in UHB: I to=your=face go and,mountains level doors bronze shatter and,bars iron cut_through )

Yahweh speaks of removing obstacles that would hinder Cyrus’s success as if it were leveling mountains before him.

(Occurrence 0) the mountains

(Some words not found in UHB: I to=your=face go and,mountains level doors bronze shatter and,bars iron cut_through )

The Hebrew word used in the text is rare and is of an uncertain meaning. Some modern versions have “rough places” or “crooked places.”

(Occurrence 0) their iron bars

(Some words not found in UHB: I to=your=face go and,mountains level doors bronze shatter and,bars iron cut_through )

This refers to the iron bars on the bronze gates.

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