Luke 3:5 “Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low.…”

Luke 3:5

Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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;

World English Bible

Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.

American Standard Version

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

Euery valley shalbe filled, and euery mountaine and hill shall be brought lowe, and crooked things shalbe made straight, and the rough wayes shalbe made smoothe.

Darby Translation

Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked [places] shall become a straight [path], and the rough places smooth ways,

Young's Literal Translation

every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straightness, and the rough become smooth ways;

Bible in Basic English

Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;

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Cross references

“valley”

Isaiah 40:4 Isaiah 49:11 Ezekiel 17:24 Luke 1:51–53 Isaiah 2:11–17 Isaiah 61:1–3

Isaiah 40:4 · BSB

Every 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 49:11 · BSB

I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

Ezekiel 17:24 · BSB

Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done…

Luke 1:51–53 · BSB

He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

Isaiah 2:11–17 · BSB

The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 61:1–3 · BSB

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

“and the crooked”

Isaiah 42:16 Isaiah 45:2 Hebrews 12:12 Hebrews 12:13

Isaiah 42:16 · BSB

I 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 for…

Isaiah 45:2 · 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.

Hebrews 12:12 · BSB

Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

Hebrews 12:13 · BSB

Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

6And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”

Read Luke 3