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2 Kings 20:9

Isaiah

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

8 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?”

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.”

11 So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.

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BSB
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?”
KJV
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?
WEB
Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”
ASV
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?
DARBY
And Isaiah said, This [shall be] the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
BLB
And Isaiah said, “This [is] to you the sign from YHWH, that YHWH will do the thing that He has spoken: Shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go backward ten degrees?”
ÅB
Jesaja svarte: Dette skal du ha til tegn fra Herren på at Herren vil holde det han har lovt: Skal skyggen gå ti streker fram, eller skal den gå ti streker tilbake?
OTB
Jesaja sa,
"Dette skal være tegnet for deg fra Herren, at Herren vil oppfylle det Han har lovet:
Skal skyggen gå frem ti trinn,
eller skal den gå tilbake ti trinn?"
B1930
Esaias svarte: Dette skal du ha til tegn fra Herren på at Herren vil holde det han har lovt: Skal skyggen gå ti streker frem, eller skal den gå ti streker tilbake?

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