Verse 10

2 Kings 20:10

Free Bible Version

10 “It's easy enough for the shadow to go forward ten steps, but not to go back ten steps,” Hezekiah answered.

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 About this time Hezekiah fell very sick and was about to die. The prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, went... Focus ↗

2 When Hezekiah heard this, he went to pray privately to the Lord, saying Focus ↗

3 “Please remember Lord how I have followed you faithfully with all my heart. I have done what is good... Focus ↗

4 Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the Lord spoke to him, saying, Focus ↗

5 “Go back in and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, This is what the Lord, the God (Elohim) of yo... Focus ↗

6 I will add fifteen years to your life. I will save you and this city from the king of Assyria. I wil... Focus ↗

7 Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a dressing from figs.” Hezekiah's servants did so and put it on the skin... Focus ↗

8 Hezekiah had previously asked Isaiah, “What is the sign to confirm that the Lord is going heal me an... Focus ↗

9 Isaiah replied, “This is the sign from the Lord to you that the Lord will do what he promised: Do yo... Focus ↗

10 “It's easy enough for the shadow to go forward ten steps, but not to go back ten steps,” Hezekiah an...

11 So Isaiah the prophet asked the Lord, and he moved the shadow back the ten steps it had gone down on... Focus ↗

12 At the same time Merodach-baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezek... Focus ↗

13 Hezekiah welcomed the visitors and showed them everything in his treasury—all the silver, the gold,... Focus ↗

14 Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and wha... Focus ↗

15 “What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They saw everything in my palace,” replied Hezeki... Focus ↗

16 Isaiah told Hezekiah, “Listen to what the Lord says: Focus ↗

17 You can be certain that the time is coming when everything in your palace, and everything that your... Focus ↗

18 Some of your sons, your own offspring, will be taken to serve as eunuchs in the palace of the king o... Focus ↗

19 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The message from the Lord that you have told me is fine.” For he said to h... Focus ↗

20 The rest of what happened in Hezekiah's reign, all he did, and how he made the pool and the tunnel t... Focus ↗

21 Hezekiah died, and his son Manasseh succeeded him as king. Focus ↗

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