John 1:23

NETBible

John 1  said, “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straight 2  the way for the Lord,’ 3  as Isaiah the prophet said.”

NIV ©

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’"

NASB ©

He said, "I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, ‘MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,’ as Isaiah the prophet said."

NLT ©

John replied in the words of Isaiah: "I am a voice shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare a straight pathway for the Lord’s coming!’"

MSG ©

"I'm thunder in the desert: 'Make the road straight for God!' I'm doing what the prophet Isaiah preached."

BBE ©

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

NRSV ©

He said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’" as the prophet Isaiah said.

NKJV ©

He said: "I am ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Make straight the way of the LORD,"’ as the prophet Isaiah said."

KJV
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I
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[am] the voice
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of one crying
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in
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the wilderness
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Make straight
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the way
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of the Lord
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as
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said
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NASB ©
He said
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, "I am A VOICE
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OF ONE CRYING
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IN THE WILDERNESS
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, 'MAKE
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STRAIGHT
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THE WAY
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OF THE LORD
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,' as Isaiah
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the prophet
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said
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."
NET [draft] ITL
John said
<5346>
, “I
<1473>
am the voice
<5456>
of one shouting
<994>
in
<1722>
the wilderness
<2048>
, ‘Make straight
<2116>
the way
<3598>
for the Lord
<2962>
,’ as
<2531>
Isaiah
<2268>
the prophet
<4396>
said
<2036>
.”
GREEK
efh fwnh bowntov th erhmw euyunate odon kuriou kaywv eipen o profhthv
NETBible

John 1  said, “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straight 2  the way for the Lord,’ 3  as Isaiah the prophet said.”

NET Notes

1 tn Grk “He”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 sn This call to “make straight” is probably an allusion to preparation through repentance.

3 sn A quotation from Isa 40:3.