Isaiah 40:4
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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: | Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain. | Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain: |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| every | כָּל־ | kol- | H3605 | allכֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606) |
| valley | גֶּיא֙ | gei' | H1516R | valleyגַּיְא (gay) valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge |
| it will be lifted up | יִנָּשֵׂ֔א | yi-na-SE' | H5375G | to exaltמִתְנַשֵּׂא (mit.nas.se) (Hithpael) one who exalts himself A grammatical form of na.sa (נָשָׂא ": raise" H5375) |
| and every | וְכָל־ | ve-khol | H3605 | allכֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606) |
| mountain | הַ֥ר | har | H2022G | mountain: mountהַר (har) : mount/hill hill, mountain, hill country, mount |
| and hill | וְגִבְעָ֖ה | ve-giv-'AH | H1389I | hillגִּבְעָה (giv.ah) 1) hill 1a) hill (lower than a mountain) 1b) as a place of illicit worship 1c) poetic for mountain 1d) used in place names |
| they will become low | יִשְׁפָּ֑לוּ | yish-PA-lu | H8213 | to abaseשָׁפֵל (sha.phel) 1) to be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased 1a) (Qal) to be or become low 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lay or bring low, humiliate 1b2) to set in a lower place, show abasement 1b3) to make low, sit down |
| and it will become | וְהָיָ֤ה | ve-ha-YAH | H1961 | to beהָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) … |
| the steep [place] | הֶֽעָקֹב֙ | he-'a-KO | H6121B | steepעָקֹב (a.qov) steep, hilly |
| into level ground | לְמִישׁ֔וֹר | le-mi-SHOR | H4334 | plainמִישׁוֹר (mi.shor) 1) level place, uprightness 1a) level country, table-land, plain 1b) level place 1c) uprightness |
| and the rough places | וְהָרְכָסִ֖ים | ve-ha-re-kha-SIM | H7406 | roughnessרֶ֫כֶס (re.khes) 1) roughness or bound up, impeded, the impassable or mountain chain, rough place 1a) meaning uncertain |
| into a plain | לְבִקְעָֽה׃ | le-vik-'AH | H1237K | plainבִּקְעָא (biq.a) plain Aramaic of biq.ah (בִּקְעָה "valley" H1237K) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.