2 Kings 20:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 So Isaiah the prophet invoked the Lord. He made the shadow go back the ten steps it had descended on the staircase to the terrace of Ahaz.
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2 Kings 20:11
New International Version
11 Then the prophet Isaiah called on the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back(A) the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.
2 Kings 20:11
King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 38:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 See, I will make the shadow cast by the sun on the stairway to the terrace of Ahaz[a] go back the ten steps it has advanced. So the sun came back the ten steps it had advanced.(A)
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- 38:8 Stairway to the terrace of Ahaz: this interpretation is based on a reading of the Hebrew text revised according to the Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah; cf. 2 Kgs 23:12. Many translate the phrase as “steps of Ahaz” and understand this as referring to a sundial.
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
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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