3 Nephi 9:1

~AD 33

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that there was a voice heard among all the inhabitants of the earth upon all the face of this land, crying,

Influences

Matthew 2:18 (KJV)
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Changes

And it came to pass that there was a voice heard among all the inhabitants of the earth, upon all the face of this land, crying,:

Simple English

Then everyone in the land heard a voice crying out.

Paraphrase

Then a voice came—one that every person across the land could hear.