II Kings 20:10
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Kings 20:10 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und Hiskia sprach: Es ist dem Schatten ein Leichtes, zehn Grade zu fallen; nein, sondern der Schatten soll zehn Grade rückwärts gehen.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y Ezechîas respondió: Fácil cosa es que la sombra decline diez grados: pero, que la sombra vuelva atrás diez grados.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E Ezequias respondeu: Fácil coisa é que a sombra decline dez degraus: mas, que a sombra volte atrás dez degraus.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Ezequias respondeu: "É algo fácil para a sombra avançar dez passos. Não, que a sombra retroceda dez passos".
📖 II Kings 20:10 in Context
8And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day?
9And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
10And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
11And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
12At that time Berodach–baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
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