Isaiah 38:8
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Behold I will bring again the shadow of the lines, by which it is now gone down in the sun dial of Achaz with the sun, ten lines backward. And the sun returned ten lines by the degrees by which it was gone down.

I will bring

Joshua 10:12-14 Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day that he delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the children of Israel, and he said before them: Move not, O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward the valley of Ajalon. . . .

2 Kings 20:11 And Isaias, the prophet, called upon the Lord, and he brought the shadow ten degrees backwards by the lines, by which it had already gone down on the dial of Achaz.

2 Chronicles 32:24,31 In those days Ezechias was sick even to death, and he prayed to the Lord: and he heard him, and gave him a sign. . . .

Matthew 16:1 And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

the sun dial.

Context
Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery
7And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word which he hath spoken: 8Behold I will bring again the shadow of the lines, by which it is now gone down in the sun dial of Achaz with the sun, ten lines backward. And the sun returned ten lines by the degrees by which it was gone down.
Cross References
Joshua 10:12
Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day that he delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the children of Israel, and he said before them: Move not, O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward the valley of Ajalon.

Joshua 10:13
And the sun and the moon stood still, till the people revenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of the just? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down the space of one day.

Judges 6:17
And he said: If I have found grace before thee, give me a sign that it is thou that speakest to me:

2 Kings 20:9
And Isaias said to him: This shall be the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do the word which he hath spoken: Wilt thou that the shadow go forward ten lines, or that it go back so many degrees?

2 Kings 20:11
And Isaias, the prophet, called upon the Lord, and he brought the shadow ten degrees backwards by the lines, by which it had already gone down on the dial of Achaz.

2 Chronicles 32:31
But yet in the embassy of the princes of Babylon, that were sent to him, to inquire of the wonder that had happened upon the earth, God left him that he might be tempted, and all things might be made known that were in his heart.

Isaiah 7:11
Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God, either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above.

Isaiah 38:9
The writing of Ezechias king of Juda, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness.

Lexicon
I will make the sun’s
בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ (baš·še·meš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

shadow
צֵ֣ל (ṣêl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6738: A shadow

that
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

falls
יָרְדָה֩ (yā·rə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

on the stairway
הַֽמַּעֲל֡וֹת (ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4609: Elevation, the act, the condition, a climactic progression

of Ahaz
אָחָ֥ז (’ā·ḥāz)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 271: Ahaz -- 'he has grasped', two Israelites

go
מֵשִׁ֣יב (mê·šîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

ten
עֶ֣שֶׂר (‘e·śer)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

steps
בְמַעֲל֨וֹת (ḇə·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4609: Elevation, the act, the condition, a climactic progression

backward.”
אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית (’ă·ḥō·ran·nîṯ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 322: Backwards

So [the shadow cast by] the sun
הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ (haš·še·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

went back
וַתָּ֤שָׁב (wat·tā·šāḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

the ten
עֶ֣שֶׂר (‘e·śer)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

steps
בַּֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת (bam·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4609: Elevation, the act, the condition, a climactic progression

it had descended.
יָרָֽדָה׃ (yā·rā·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend


Additional Translations
I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go ten steps backward.” So the shadow cast by the sun went back the ten steps it had descended.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.

behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down.

behold, I will turn back the shadow of the degrees of the dial by which ten degrees on the house of thy father the sun has gone down—I will turn back the sun the ten degrees; so the sun went back the ten degrees by which the shadow had gone down.

behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which hath gone down with the sun on the dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned on the dial ten degrees, by which it had gone down.

behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down.

Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which hath gone down on the sun-dial of Ahaz ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it had gone down.

Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down."'"

Lo, I am bringing back the shadow of the degrees that it hath gone down on the degrees of Ahaz, by the sun, backward ten degrees:' and the sun turneth back ten degrees in the degrees that it had gone down.
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