Verse 10

2 Kings 20:10

GOD'S WORD Translation

10 Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ נָקֵ֣ל לַ/צֵּ֔ל לִ/נְט֖וֹת עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֑וֹת לֹ֣א כִ֔י יָשׁ֥וּב הַ/צֵּ֛ל אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֥שֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת

English Translation

And Hezekiah said, "It is easy for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but let the shadow return backward ten steps."

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Chapter 20 Context

1 In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said... Focus ↗

2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh, saying, Focus ↗

3 “Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, an... Focus ↗

4 Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, Focus ↗

5 “Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of David your fathe... Focus ↗

6 I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king... Focus ↗

7 Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. Focus ↗

8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I will go up to Y... Focus ↗

9 Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has sp... Focus ↗

10 Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shad...

11 Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had go... Focus ↗

12 At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hez... Focus ↗

13 Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the storehouse of his precious things, the silver, th... Focus ↗

14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? From where... Focus ↗

15 He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my h... Focus ↗

16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear Yahweh’s word. Focus ↗

17 ‘Behold, the days come that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in s... Focus ↗

18 ‘They will take away some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will father; and they will... Focus ↗

19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Yahweh’s word which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “Isn’... Focus ↗

20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit,... Focus ↗

21 Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place. Focus ↗

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