John 1:23
ContextNET © | 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." |
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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.” |
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. |