Isaiah 57:14

In 11 translations

BSB

And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”

KJV

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

WEB

He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”

ASV

And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.

LSV

And He has said, “Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, || Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.”

YLT

And he hath said, 'Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.'

DBY

And it shall be said, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.

DRC

And I will say: Make a way: give free passage, turn out of the path, take away the stumblingblocks out of the way of my people.

GNV

And he shall say, Cast vp, cast vp: prepare the way: take vp the stumbling blocks out of the way of my people.

JPS

And He will say: cast ye up, cast ye up, clear the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of My people.

LXXE

And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.Lit. purge.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְאָמַ֥ר סֹֽלּוּ־סֹ֖לּוּ פַּנּוּ־דָ֑רֶךְ הָרִ֥ימוּ מִכְשׁ֖וֹל מִדֶּ֥רֶךְ עַמִּֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐροῦσι, καθαρίσατε ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ὁδοὺς, καὶ ἄρατε σκῶλα ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ τοῦ λαοῦ μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 62:10Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
• Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
• Luke 3:5–6Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth. And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
• Isaiah 40:3A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
• Jeremiah 18:15Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
• Romans 14:13Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
• 1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
• Hebrews 12:13Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
• 2 Corinthians 6:3We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
• 1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
• 1 Corinthians 8:9Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
• 1 Corinthians 10:32–33Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God— as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

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