Isaiah 38:8
ContextNET © | Look, I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.” 1 And then the shadow went back ten steps. 2 |
NIV © | 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. |
NASB © | "Behold, I will 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 sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down. |
NLT © | I will cause the sun’s shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!’" So the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps. |
MSG © | Watch for this: As the sun goes down and the shadow lengthens on the sundial of Ahaz, I'm going to reverse the shadow ten notches on the dial.'" And that's what happened: The declining sun's shadow reversed ten notches on the dial. |
BBE © | See, I will make the shade which has gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, go back ten steps. So the shade went back the ten steps by which it had gone down. |
NRSV © | See, 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. |
NKJV © | "Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward." So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down. |
KJV | |
NASB © | "Behold <02009> , I will cause <07725> the shadow <06738> on the stairway <04609> , which <0834> has gone <03381> down <03381> with the sun <08121> on the stairway <04609> of Ahaz <0271> , to go <07725> back <0322> ten <06235> steps <04609> ." So the sun's <08121> shadow went <07725> back <07725> ten <06235> steps <04609> on the stairway <04609> on which <0834> it had gone <03381> down .<03381> |
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NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | Look, I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.” 1 And then the shadow went back ten steps. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “the shadow on the steps which [the sun] had gone down, on the steps of Ahaz, with the sun, back ten steps.” sn These steps probably functioned as a type of sundial. See HALOT 614 s.v. מַעֲלָה and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 256. 2 tn Heb “and the sun returned ten steps on the steps which it had gone down.” |