Luke 3:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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;”

Luke 3:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Luke 3:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Luke 3:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.”

Luke 3:5 — World English Bible

Luke 3:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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; ”

Luke 3:5 — American Standard Version

Luke 3:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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;”

Luke 3:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Luke 3:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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, ”

Luke 3:5 — Darby Translation

Luke 3:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Euery valley shalbe filled, and euery mountaine and hill shall be brought lowe, and crooked things shalbe made straight, and the rough wayes shalbe made smoothe.”

Luke 3:5 — Geneva Bible

Luke 3:5 in Context — Luke 3

3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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;

6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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What Does Luke 3:5 Mean?

Luke 3:5 is a verse from the Book of Luke, part of the New Testament. It appears in Luke chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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