Elijah said, “You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, then that will happen. But if {you don’t see me when I am taken from you}, then it won’t happen.”
2 Kings 20:10 - Easy To Read Version Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten steps. No, make the shadow go back ten steps.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hezekiah answered, It is an easy matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps; so let the shadow go back ten steps. American Standard Version (1901) And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps. Common English Bible “It’s easy for the shadow to go forward ten steps,” Hezekiah said, “but not for the shadow to go back ten steps.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Hezekiah said: "It is an easy for the shadow to increase for ten lines. And so I do not wish that this be done. Instead, let it turn back for ten degrees." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Ezechias said: It is an easy matter for the shadow to go forward ten lines; and I do not desire that this be done: but let it return back ten degrees. |
Elijah said, “You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, then that will happen. But if {you don’t see me when I am taken from you}, then it won’t happen.”
Then Isaiah prayed to the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow move back ten steps. It went back on the steps that it had already been on.
Isaiah said, “{Which do you want?} Should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps? [246] This is the sign for you from the Lord to show that the Lord will do the thing he said he would do.”
It is easy for the Lord to do. He will also let you defeat the Moabites.
“You are a very important servant to me.\par The people of Israel are prisoners,\par but they will be brought back to me.\par Jacob’s family groups will come back to me.\par But, you have another job;\par it is even more important than this!\par I will make you a light for all nations.\par You will be my way to save\par all the people on earth.”\par
I tell you the truth. The person that believes in me will do the same things I have done. Yes! He will do even greater things than I have done. Why? Because I am going to the Father.
That day the Lord allowed Israel to defeat the Amorite people. And that day Joshua stood before all the people of Israel and said to the Lord:
So the sun did not move, and the moon stopped until the people defeated their enemies. This story is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky. It did not move for a full day.