Isaiah

Isaiah 40:3

3A voice of one calling:

“Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness;a

make a straight highway for our God in the desert.b

Footnotes

  • a 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: “Prepare the way for the LORD
  • b 40:3 LXX make straight the paths of our God; cited in Matthew 3:3|MAT 3:3, Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4, and John 1:23

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Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
A voiceק֣וֹלqō·wlNoun - masculine singularH6963 sound, voice
of one callingקוֹרֵ֔אqō·w·rêVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH7121 call, proclaim, read
Prepareפַּנּ֖וּpan·nūVerb - Piel - Imperative - masculine pluralH6437 turn
the wayדֶּ֣רֶךְde·reḵNoun - common singular constructH1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
for the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֕רbam·miḏ·bārPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH4057 mouth
make a straightיַשְּׁרוּ֙yaš·šə·rūVerb - Piel - Imperative - masculine pluralH3474 be smooth, straight, right
highwayמְסִלָּ֖הmə·sil·lāhNoun - feminine singularH4546 highway
for our Godלֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃lê·lō·hê·nūPreposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common pluralH430 God
in the desertבָּעֲרָבָ֔הbā·‘ă·rā·ḇāhPreposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singularH6160 desert-plain, steppe

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Malachi 3:1 · Mark 1:2–5 · John 1:23 · Matthew 3:1–3 · Luke 1:16–17 · Luke 1:76–77 · Malachi 4:5–6 · Isaiah 57:14 · Isaiah 43:19 · Isaiah 62:10–11 · Isaiah 35:8 · Luke 3:2–6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.