Isaiah 45:2

Isaiah 45:2 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

2I will go before you

and will level the mountains45:2 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.;

I will break down gates of bronze

and cut through bars of iron.

2“I will go before you and make the 45:2 Another reading is mountainsrough places smooth;

I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

2“I will go before you and make the rough places smooth;

I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

2“I will go before you and level the mountains;

I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

2“I will go before you

and level the mountains;45:2 DSS and LXX; MT level the terrain

I will break down the gates of bronze

and cut through the bars of iron.

2‘I will march out ahead of you.

I will make the mountains level.

I will break down bronze gates.

I will cut through their heavy iron bars.