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NASB | 2 Kings 20:11 Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD, and He brought the shadow on the stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Kings 20:11 So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow on the steps ten steps backward by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz. |
Bible Question: I'm looking for an interpretation of Isaiah 38:8 when he's talking about the shadow cast by the sun going back 10 steps. Is time moving forward or backward? |
Bible Answer: Greetings richman766 ! Welcome to the Study Bible Forum! This is spoken of again in 2 Kings 20:8-11. Neither passage speaks to time changing. Only the shadow on the stairway! To go any further then that is beyond what scripture teaches on the matter. 2 Kings 20:8-11 (NASB) 20:8 Now Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD the third day?" 20:9 Isaiah said, "This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?" 20:10 So Hezekiah answered, "It is easy for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but let the shadow turn backward ten steps." 20:11 Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD, and He brought the shadow on the stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz. Steve |
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