2 Kings 20:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Kings 20:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 20:10 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 20:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.””
2 Kings 20:10 — World English Bible
2 Kings 20:10 ASV — 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. ”
2 Kings 20:10 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 20:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Hezekiah saith, `It hath been light for the shadow to incline ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow turn backward ten degrees.'”
2 Kings 20:10 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 20:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: no, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. ”
2 Kings 20:10 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 20:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadowe to passe forward ten degrees: not so then, but let ye shadow go backe ten degrees.”
2 Kings 20:10 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 20:10 in Context — 2 Kings 20
8 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?
9 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.
12 At 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.
What Does 2 Kings 20:10 Mean?
2 Kings 20:10 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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