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Isaiah 38:8-10
New International Version
Isaiah 38:8-10
New International Version
8 I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.(A)
9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
Isaiah 38:8-10
New King James Version
Isaiah 38:8-10
New King James Version
8 Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.” So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.
9 This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
10 I said,
“In the prime of my life
I shall go to the gates of Sheol;
I am deprived of the remainder of my years.”
Isaiah 38:8-10
King James Version
Isaiah 38:8-10
King James Version
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:
10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
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Isaiah 38:8-10
English Standard Version
Isaiah 38:8-10
English Standard Version
8 (A)Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.[a]
9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
10 I said, (B)In the middle[b] of my days
I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
for the rest of my years.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 38:8 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
- Isaiah 38:10 Or In the quiet
Isaiah 38:8-10
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 38:8-10
New American Standard Bible
8 Behold, I will (A)make the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, go back ten steps.” So the (B)sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.
9 This is a writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and [a]recovery:
10 I said, “(C)In the middle of my [b]life
I am to enter the (D)gates of Sheol;
I have been (E)deprived of the rest of my years.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 38:9 Lit he lived after his illness
- Isaiah 38:10 Lit days
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