KJV King James Version
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
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2 Kings 20:9
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”
WEB World English Bible
Isaiah said, “This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”
ASV American Standard Version
And Isaiah said, This shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Isaiah saith, ‘This is to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth the thing that He hath spoken—The shadow hath gone on ten degrees, or it doth turn back ten degrees?’
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 20
6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered.
8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What [shall be] the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?
9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְשַׁעְיָ֗הוּH3470 · ye.sha.yahIsaiahזֶה־H2088 · zehthisלְּךָ֤H9031 · kayouהָאוֹת֙H226 · otsign: miraculousמֵאֵ֣תH854 · etwithיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDכִּ֚יH3588 · kiforיַעֲשֶׂ֣הH6213 · a.sahto make: doיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַדָּבָ֖רH1697 · da.varwordאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichדִּבֵּ֑רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakהָלַ֤ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentהַצֵּל֙H6738 · tselshadowעֶ֣שֶׂרH6235 · e.sertenמַֽעֲל֔וֹתH4609 · ma.a.lahthoughtאִם־H518 · imifיָשׁ֖וּבH7725 · shuvto return: returnעֶ֥שֶׂרH6235 · e.sertenמַעֲלֽוֹת׃H4609 · ma.a.lahthought
Cross-references
Isaiah 38:7-8And this [shall be] a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;Matthew 16:1-4The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.Luke 11:29-30And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.Mark 8:11-12And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
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