In those days Hezekiah became ill to the point of death, so he prayed to the Lord, who spoke to him and gave him a miraculous sign.
Isaiah 38:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I am going to make the sun’s shadow that goes down on the stairway of Ahaz go back by ten steps.” ’ So the sun’s shadow went back the ten steps it had descended. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, I will turn the shadow [denoting the time of day] on the steps or degrees, which has gone down on the steps or sundial of Ahaz, backward ten steps or degrees. And the sunlight turned back ten steps on the steps on which it had gone down. American Standard Version (1901) behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down. Common English Bible once the shadow cast by the sun descends on the steps of Ahaz, I will make it back up ten steps.” And the sun went back ten of the steps that it had already descended. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, I will cause the shadow of the lines, which has now descended on the sundial of Ahaz, to move in reverse for ten lines." And so, the sun moved backward by ten lines, through the degrees by which it had descended. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
In those days Hezekiah became ill to the point of death, so he prayed to the Lord, who spoke to him and gave him a miraculous sign.
When the ambassadors of Babylon’s rulers were sent to him to enquire about the miraculous sign that happened in the land, God left him to test him and discover what was in his heart.
A poem by King Hezekiah of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness:
‘Ask for a sign from the Lord your God #– #it can be as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.’
The Pharisees and Sadducees approached, and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven.
Then he said to him, ‘If I have found favour with you, give me a sign that you are speaking with me.