Berean Standard Bible
“Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.”
John the Baptist begins his ministry in the wilderness, and Luke quotes Isaiah's picture of a road being prepared for a coming king. The passage describes the landscape being changed to make a way.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
World English Bible (WEB)
Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.
King James Version (KJV)
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
American Standard Version (ASV)
Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straightness, and the rough become smooth ways;
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Todo valle se henchirá, y bajaráse todo monte y collado; y los caminos torcidos serán enderezados, y los caminos ásperos allanados;
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Todo valle será rellenado, toda montaña y colina será nivelada; los caminos torcidos serán enderezados y las sendas disparejas quedarán llanas.
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