John 1:23 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
He said: I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
He said, “I am a voice crying out in the desert, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ just as the prophet Isaiah said.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
He said, I [am] the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
LSV Literal Standard Version
He said, “I [am] a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the LORD, as Isaiah the prophet said.”
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
He said, I [am] [the] voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of [the] Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
He said, I [am] the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
He said, I am the voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
He said, “I am a voice, crying in the wilderness: 'Make the way of the Lord straight,' just as Isaiah the prophet said.”
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
He sayde: I am the voyce of a cryar in the wyldernes make strayght the waye of the Lorde as sayde the Prophete Esaias.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
He said, 'I [am] a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'
FBV Free Bible Version
“I am a voice calling in the desert, ‘Make the Lord's way straight!’” he said, using the words of the prophet Isaiah.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
El dixo: Yo soy voz del que clama en el desierto: Enderezad el camino del Señor, como dixo Isaías Propheta.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Dijo: Yo soy la voz del que clama en el desierto: Enderezad el camino del Señor, como dijo Isaías profeta.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Juan respondió con las palabras del profeta Isaías: ―Yo soy la voz del que grita en el desierto: “Preparen un camino recto para el Señor”.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Él dijo: Yo soy una voz que clama en el desierto: Enderecen el camino del Señor, como dijo el profeta Isaías.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
“Yo soy ‘una voz que clama en el desierto: “¡Enderecen el camino del Señor!”’” dijo él, usando las palabras del profeta Isaías.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Él dijo: Yo soy la voz de uno que clama en el desierto: Enderecen el camino del Señor, como dijo el profeta Isaías.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
ἔφη· ἐγὼ φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου, καθὼς εἶπεν Ἡσαΐας ὁ προφήτης.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
εφη· εγω φωνη βοωντος εν τη ερημω, ευθυνατε την οδον κυριου, καθως ειπεν ησαιας ο προφητης.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Ἔφη, Ἐγὼ φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, Εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου, καθὼς εἶπεν Ἠσαΐας ὁ προφήτης.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
εφη εγω φωνη βοωντοσ εν τη ερημω ευθυνατε την οδον κυριου καθωσ ειπεν ησαιασ ο προφητησ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἔφη Ἐγὼ φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου, καθὼς εἶπεν Ἡσαΐας ὁ προφήτης.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ἔφη· Ἐγὼ φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· Εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου, καθὼς εἶπεν Ἠσαΐας ὁ προφήτης.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Ait: Ego vox clamantis in deserto: Dirigite viam Domini, sicut dixit Isaias propheta.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Речѐ: а҆́зъ гла́съ вопїю́щагѡ въ пꙋсты́ни: и҆спра́вите пꙋ́ть гдⷭень, ꙗ҆́коже речѐ и҆са́їа прⷪ҇ро́къ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Он сказал: я глас вопиющего в пустыне: исправьте путь Господу, как сказал пророк Исаия.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Απεκρίθη· Εγώ είμαι φωνή βοώντος εν τη ερήμω, ευθύνατε την οδόν του Κυρίου, καθώς είπεν Ησαΐας ο προφήτης.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Рече: Ја сам глас оног што виче у пустињи: Поравните пут Господњи; као што каза Исаија пророк.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Reče: Ja sam glas onog što viče u pustinji: Poravnite put Gospodnji; kao što kaza Isaija prorok.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
قَالَ: «أَنَا صَوْتُ صَارِخٍ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ: قَوِّمُوا طَرِيقَ ٱلرَّبِّ، كَمَا قَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ ٱلنَّبِيُّ».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC