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John 1:23

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1:23John62 said, “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straight63 the way for the Lord,’64 as Isaiah the prophet said.”

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Footnotes

  1. 62 Grk “He”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 63 This call to “make straight” is probably an allusion to preparation through repentance.
  3. 64 A quotation from Isa 40:3.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord—just as Isaiah the prophet said.”

NLTNew Living Translation

John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah:

“I am a voice shouting in the wilderness,

‘Clear the way for the Lord’s coming!’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He said,

“I am ‘the voice of one crying out in the wilderness,

“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’

just as Isaiah the prophet said.”

KJV 1900King James Version

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.