Luke 3:5 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 3:5

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;

KJV

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ASV

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;

WEB

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.

YLT

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;

DBT

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,

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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14 verses on the floor

Isaiah 45:2
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
Isaiah 40:4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
Isaiah 42:16
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Isaiah 57:14
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Isaiah 49:11
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Every valley, &c.--levelling and smoothing, obvious figures, the sense of which is in the first words of the proclamation, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

But it seems rather to be meant of the gospel of Christ, of which that was the introduction. The humble shall by it be enriched with grace: Every valley that lies low and moist shall be filled and be exalted.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

LUK 3:5ISA 45:2 ISA 40:4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LUK 3:5ISA 45:2 ISA 42:16
LUK 3:5ISA 45:2 PSA 107:16
LUK 3:5ISA 42:16 ISA 30:21
LUK 3:5ISA 45:2 JER 51:30
LUK 3:5ISA 42:16 ISA 60:19-20
LUK 3:5ISA 42:16 ISA 35:8
LUK 3:5ISA 40:4 EZE 21:26

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