Isaiah 45:2

In 11 translations

BSB

“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.DSS and LXX; MT level the terrain

KJV

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:

WEB

“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.

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;

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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;

DRC

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.

GNV

I will goe before thee and make the crooked streight: I will breake the brasen doores, and burst the yron barres.

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;

LXXE

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

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WLC

אֲנִי֙ לְפָנֶ֣יךָ אֵלֵ֔ךְ וַהֲדוּרִ֖ים אושר דַּלְת֤וֹת נְחוּשָׁה֙ אֲשַׁבֵּ֔ר וּבְרִיחֵ֥י בַרְזֶ֖ל אֲגַדֵּֽעַ׃Read aloud as (qere): אֲיַשֵּׁ֑ר

LXX-Br

Ἐγὼ ἔμπροσθέν σου πορεύσομαι, καὶ ὄρη ὁμαλιῶ, θύρας χαλκᾶς συντρίψω, καὶ μοχλοὺς σιδηροῦς συνκλάσω.

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• Isaiah 40:4Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
• Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not…
• Luke 3:5Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
• Psalms 107:16For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
• Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
• Isaiah 13:4–17Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war. They are coming from faraway…
• Acts 1:15In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,

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