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2 Kings 20:10

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.

KJV

Et ait Ezechias : Facile est umbram crescere decem lineis : nec hoc volo ut fiat, sed ut revertatur retrorsum decem gradibus.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ἐζεκίας Κοῦφον τὴν σκιὰν κλῖναι δέκα βαθμούς· οὐχί, ἀλλ’ ἐπιστραφήτω ἡ σκιὰ ἐν τοῖς ἀναβαθμοῖς δέκα βαθμοὺς εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ נָקֵ֣ל לַ/צֵּ֔ל לִ/נְט֖וֹת עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֑וֹת לֹ֣א כִ֔י יָשׁ֥וּב הַ/צֵּ֛ל אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֥שֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת

Hebrew

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People Hezekiah

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית
'chrnyt
adverb · 7×
הָקֵל֙
hql
verb · 80×
חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ
chzqyhv
proper_noun · 130×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת
m'lvt
noun · 50×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
עֶ֣שֶׂר
'shr
adjective · 174×
צֵ֥ל
tsl
noun · 49×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 3:18 — And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
  • Josh 10:14 — And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.