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
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
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
New American Standard Bible 1995
8 Behold, I will (A)cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.” So the (B)sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.
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