John 1:23

NET ©

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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GREEK
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NET © [draft] ITL
John said
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, “I
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am the voice
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of one shouting
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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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for the Lord
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,’ as
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Isaiah
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the prophet
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said
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.”
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.