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Isaiah 38:7

Miracles and God's intervention

5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

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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
This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
KJV
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
WEB
This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken.
ASV
And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:
DARBY
And this [shall be] the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:
BLB
And this [is] to you the sign from YHWH that YHWH will do this thing that He has spoken:
ÅB
Og dette skal du ha til tegn fra Herren på at Herren vil holde det han nå har lovt:
OTB
“‘Dette skal være tegnet for deg fra Herren at Han vil gjøre det Han har lovet:
B1930
Og dette skal du ha til tegn fra Herren på at Herren vil holde det han nu har lovt:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 37:30

    And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

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  • Judges 6:37–39

    Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

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  • 2 Kings 20:8–21

    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?

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  • Judges 6:17–22

    And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

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  • Isaiah 7:11–14

    Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

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  • Genesis 9:13

    I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

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  • Isaiah 38:22

    Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

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