2 Kings 20:8

What does 2 Kings 20:8 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Kings 20:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of Jehovah the third day?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of Jehovah the third day?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is to be the sign that the Lord will make me well, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `What <FI>is<Fi> the sign that Jehovah doth give healing to me, that I have gone up on the third day to the house of Jehovah?'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Ezechias had said to Isaias: What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord the third day?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What [shall be] the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah the third day?

Context

v.7And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

v.8This passage

v.9And Isaiah said, This shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hosea 6:2

    After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.

  • 2 Kings 20:5

    Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of Jehovah.

  • Judges 6:17

    And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.

  • Isaiah 38:22

    Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?

  • Isaiah 7:11

    Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

  • Judges 6:37

    behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken.

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