2 Kings 20:10

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
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Context

This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 20 connects to 6 cross-references. Hezekiah becomes mortally ill; Isaiah prophesies his death, but Hezekiah prays and God adds fifteen years to his life. The sign is the shadow moving backward ten steps on the sundial. Babylonian envoys visit, and Hezekiah proudly shows them all …

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Other Translations

ASV

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.

YLT

And Hezekiah saith, `It hath been light for the shadow to incline ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow turn backward ten degrees.'

BBE

And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.

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