14 Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And (A)by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

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14 May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink,(A) and I’ll water your camels too’(B)—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac.(C) By this I will know(D) that you have shown kindness to my master.”

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14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

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37 (A)look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”

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37 look, I will place a wool fleece(A) on the threshing floor.(B) If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know(C) that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said.”

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37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

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17 Then he said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then (A)show me a sign that it is You who talk with me.

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17 Gideon replied, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, give me a sign(A) that it is really you talking to me.

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17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

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And he said, “Lord God, (A)how shall I know that I will inherit it?”

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But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(A) how can I know(B) that I will gain possession of it?”(C)

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And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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10 making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you.

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10 in my prayers at all times;(A) and I pray that now at last by God’s will(B) the way may be opened for me to come to you.(C)

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10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

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11 (A)“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; [a]ask it either in the depth or in the height above.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:11 Lit. make the request deep or make it high above

11 “Ask the Lord your God for a sign,(A) whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.(B)

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11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

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14 (A)Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
But (B)a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,(A)
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.(B)

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14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, (A)“What is the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord the third day?”

Then Isaiah said, (B)“This is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing which He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go backward ten degrees?”

10 And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten [a]degrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees.”

11 So Isaiah the prophet cried out to the Lord, and (C)He brought the shadow ten [b]degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:10 Lit. steps
  2. 2 Kings 20:11 Lit. steps

Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord on the third day from now?”

Isaiah answered, “This is the Lord’s sign(A) to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?”

10 “It is a simple(B) matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps,” said Hezekiah. “Rather, have it go back ten steps.”

11 Then the prophet Isaiah called on the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back(C) the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.

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And 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?

And 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?

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.

11 And 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.

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Then Joab said to Amasa, “Are you in health, my brother?” (A)And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

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Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

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And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

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