Verse 8
Isaiah 38:8
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
8
Behold I will bring again the shadow of the lines, by which it is now gone down in the sun dial of Achaz with the sun, ten lines backward. And the sun returned ten lines by the degrees by which it was gone down.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִנְ/נִ֣י מֵשִׁ֣יב אֶת צֵ֣ל הַֽ/מַּעֲל֡וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָרְדָה֩ בְ/מַעֲל֨וֹת אָחָ֥ז בַּ/שֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֑וֹת וַ/תָּ֤שָׁב הַ/שֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֔וֹת בַּֽ/מַּעֲל֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָרָֽדָה
English Translation
Behold, I will restore the shadow of the steps that had descended on the steps of Ahaz back ten steps; and the sun returned ten steps on the steps that it had descended.
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Chapter 38 Context
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