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;
KJV
πᾶσα φάραγξ πληρωθήσεται καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ βουνὸς ταπεινωθήσεται, καὶ ἔσται τὰ σκολιὰ εἰς εὐθείας καὶ αἱ τραχεῖαι εἰς ὁδοὺς λείας·
Greek NT
omnis vallis implebitur, et omnis mons, et collis humiliabitur : et erunt prava in directa, et aspera in vias planas :
Vulgate
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;
ASV
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 plain.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βουνός
bounos
noun · 2×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εὐθύς
euthus
adjective · 8×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λεῖος
leios
adjective · 1×
πληρόω
pleroo
verb · 86×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σκολιός
skolios
adjective · 4×
ταπεινόω
tapeinoo
verb · 14×
τραχύς
trachus
adjective · 2×
φάραγξ
pharagx
noun · 1×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὄρος
oros
noun · 64×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Isa 40:4 · adapted"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:"Isaiah: every valley filled, every mountain made low — Luke extends the quote
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: εὐθείαν | NIV/RP: εὐθείαν | WH/Treg: εὐθείας
- εὐθείαν — SBLGNT
- εὐθείαν — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- εὐθείας — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Now that on this account Christ came to His baptism, is from this evident. But wherefore was this baptism devised for Him? For that not of himself did the son of Zacharias proceed to this, but of God who moved him — this Luke also declares, when he says, The word of the Lord came unto him, Luke 3:2 that is, His commandment. And he himself too says, He that sent me to baptize…
He speaks of his design of forsaking the profession of rhetoric; of the death of his friends, Nebridius and Verecundus; of having received baptism in the thirty-third year of his age; and of the virtues and death of his mother, Monica. Chapter 1. He Praises God, the Author of Safety, and Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, Acknowledging His Own Wickedness. 1. O Lord, truly I am Your se…
Cross-references
- 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
- Heb 12:12 — Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
- Heb 12:13 — And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
- Isa 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Isa 35:6 — Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
- Isa 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:
- Isa 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:
- 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 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:
- Isa 49:11 — And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
- Isa 57:14 — And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
- Isa 61:1 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and th
- Luke 1:51 — He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.