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2 Kings 20:7

Isaiah
Sickness and healing

5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

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.

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?

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BSB
Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
KJV
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
WEB
Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
ASV
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
DARBY
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
BLB
And Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” And they took it and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered.
ÅB
Og Jesaja sa: Hent en fikenkake! Så hentet de en fikenkake og la den på bylden, og han frisknet til.
OTB
Da sa Jesaja, "Ta en fikenkake." Og de tok den og la den på byllen, og han ble frisk.
B1930
Og Esaias sa: Hent en fikenkake! Så hentet de en fikenkake og la den på bylden, og han frisknet til.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 38:21

    For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

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  • 2 Kings 2:20–22

    And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

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  • 2 Kings 4:41

    But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

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