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Isaiah 38:8
King James Version
Isaiah 38:8
King James Version
8 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.
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Isaiah 38:8
New International Version
Isaiah 38:8
New International Version
8 I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.(A)
Isaiah 38:8
English Standard Version
Isaiah 38:8
English Standard Version
8 (A)Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.[a]
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- Isaiah 38:8 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
Isaiah 38:8
Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 38:8
Christian Standard Bible
8 I am going to make the sun’s shadow that goes down on the stairway of Ahaz go back by ten steps.’”(A) So the sun’s shadow[a] went back the ten steps it had descended.
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- 38:8 Lit And the sun
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