2 Kings 20:8

⁶ I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

⁷ Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.

Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”

⁹ 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?”

¹⁰ “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
KJV: 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?
WEB: Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I will go up to the LORD’s house the third day?”
ASV: And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of Jehovah the third day?
DARBY: And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What [shall be] the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah the third day?
BLB: And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What [is] the sign that YHWH will heal me, that I shall go up the third day to the house of YHWH?”

ÅB: Og Hiskia sa til Jesaja: Hva skal jeg ha til tegn på at Herren vil helbrede meg, så jeg den tredje dag kan gå opp til Herrens hus?
OTB: Hiskia spurte da Jesaja, "Hva skal være tegnet på at Herren vil helbrede meg, og at jeg vil gå opp til Herrens hus på den tredje dagen?"
B1930: Og Esekias sa til Esaias: Hvad skal jeg ha til tegn på at Herren vil helbrede mig, så jeg den tredje dag kan gå op til Herrens hus?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 7:11
“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
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Judges 6:17
Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
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2 Kings 20:5
“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
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Hosea 6:2
After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
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2 Kings 19:29
And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
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Isaiah 38:22
And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
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Judges 6:37–40
then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
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