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Isaiah 40:4

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:

KJV

Omnis vallis exaltabitur, et omnis mons et collis humiliabitur, et erunt prava in directa, et aspera in vias planas :

Vulgate

πᾶσα φάραγξ πληρωθήσεται, καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ βουνὸς ταπεινωθήσεται· καὶ ἔσται πάντα τὰ σκολιὰ εἰς εὐθεῖαν, καὶ ἡ τραχεῖα εἰς πεδία,

LXX

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:

ASV

כָּל גֶּיא֙ יִנָּשֵׂ֔א וְ/כָל הַ֥ר וְ/גִבְעָ֖ה יִשְׁפָּ֑לוּ וְ/הָיָ֤ה הֶֽ/עָקֹב֙ לְ/מִישׁ֔וֹר וְ/הָ/רְכָסִ֖ים לְ/בִקְעָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בִקְעַ֣ת
bq't
noun · 20×
גֵ֣יא
gy'
noun · 62×
גְּבָע֖וֹת
gb'vt
noun · 70×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַשְׁפִּ֖יל
mshpyl
verb · 29×
מִּישֹׁ֖ר
myshr
noun · 23×
עֲקֻבָּ֖ה
'qbh
noun · 3×
רְכָסִ֖ים
rksym
noun · 1×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Luke 3:5 · adapted
    "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;"
    Isaiah: every valley filled, every mountain made low — Luke extends the quote

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:6 — Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
  • 1Sam 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’
  • Eccl 1:15 — That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
  • Ezek 17:24 — And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD h
  • Ezek 21:26 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
  • Isa 2:12 — For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
  • Isa 2:14 — And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
  • Isa 42:11 — Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
  • Isa 42:15 — I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
  • Isa 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do
  • Isa 45:2 — 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:
  • Isa 45:2 — 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:
  • Job 40:11 — Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
  • Luke 1:52 — He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
  • Luke 3:5 — 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;
  • Luke 3:5 — 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;
  • Luke 18:14 — I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
  • Ps 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;