Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’This is the LORD’s sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: New Living Translation “‘And this is the sign from the LORD to prove that he will do as he promised: English Standard Version “This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has promised: Berean Standard Bible This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: King James Bible And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; New King James Version And this is the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing which He has spoken: New American Standard Bible “And this shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will perform this word that He has spoken: NASB 1995 “This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He has spoken: NASB 1977 “And this shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He has spoken: Legacy Standard Bible “Now this shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this word that He has spoken: Amplified Bible “This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He has spoken: Christian Standard Bible This is the sign to you from the LORD that he will do what he has promised: Holman Christian Standard Bible This is the sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: American Standard Version And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken: Aramaic Bible in Plain English And this is a sign for you from before LORD JEHOVAH that LORD JEHOVAH performs this response that he has spoken Brenton Septuagint Translation And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord, that God will do this thing; Contemporary English Version Now I will prove to you that I will keep my promise. Douay-Rheims Bible And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word which he hath spoken: English Revised Version And this shall he the sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken: GOD'S WORD® Translation [Isaiah said,] "This is your sign from the LORD that he will do what he promises. Good News Translation Isaiah replied, "The LORD will give you a sign to prove that he will keep his promise. International Standard Version This is the LORD's sign to you that the LORD will carry out this thing he has promised: JPS Tanakh 1917 And this shall be the sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He hath spoken: Literal Standard Version And this [is] to you the sign from YHWH, that YHWH does this thing that He has spoken. Majority Standard Bible This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: New American Bible This will be the sign for you from the LORD that the LORD will carry out the word he has spoken: NET Bible Isaiah replied, "This is your sign from the LORD confirming that the LORD will do what he has said: New Revised Standard Version “This is the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has promised: New Heart English Bible This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken. Webster's Bible Translation And this shall be a sign to thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; World English Bible This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken. Young's Literal Translation And this is to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth this thing that He hath spoken. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery…6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city. 7This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: 8I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’ ” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.… Cross References Judges 6:17 Gideon answered, "If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me. Judges 6:21 Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight. 1 Kings 13:3 That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, "The LORD has spoken this sign: 'Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.'" 2 Kings 20:9 And Isaiah had replied, "This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?" 2 Chronicles 32:31 And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah's heart. Isaiah 7:11 "Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven." Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel. Treasury of Scripture And this shall be a sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken; Isaiah 38:22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD? Isaiah 7:11-14 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above… Isaiah 37:30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. Jump to Previous Isaiah Lord's Promised SignJump to Next Isaiah Lord's Promised SignIsaiah 38 1. Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer has his life lengthened8. The sun goes ten degrees backward, for a sign of that promise 9. His song of thanksgiving. (7) This shall be a sign unto thee . . .--The offer reminds us of that made to Ahaz; but it was received in a far different spirit. In 2Kings 20:8-11 the story is more fully told. Hezekiah asks for a sign, and is offered his choice. Shall the shadow go forward or backward? With something of a child-like simplicity he chooses the latter, as the more difficult of the two. The sun-dial of Ahaz, probably, like his altar (2Kings 16:10), copied from Syrian or Assyrian art [the mention of a sun-clock is ascribed by Herodotus (ii. 109) to the Chaldaeans], would seem to have been of the form of an obelisk standing on steps (the literal meaning of the Hebrew word for dial), and casting its shadow so as to indicate the time, each step representing an hour or half-hour. The nature of the phenomenon seems as curiously limited as that of the darkness of the crucifixion. There was no prolongation of the day in the rest of Palestine or Jerusalem, for the backward movement was limited to the step-dial. At Babylon no such phenomenon had been observed, and one ostensible purpose of Merodach-baladan's embassy was to investigate its nature (2Chronicles 32:31). An inquiry into the causation of a miracle is almost a contradiction in terms, but the most probable explanation of the fact recorded is that it was the effect of a supernatural, but exceedingly circumscribed, refraction. A prolonged after glow following on the sunset; and reviving for a time the brightness of the day, might produce an effect such as is described to one who gazed upon the step-dial.Verse 7. - And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord. It was the day of the free offering of "signs" by God to those whom his providence had placed at the head of his people. Ahaz had been offered a sign (Isaiah 7:11), but had refused the offer made him (Isaiah 7:12); the Lord had then "himself" given him a sign." Hezekiah received a sign to assure him of the complete discomfiture of Sennacherib (Isaiah 37:30); an offer was here made him of a sign of a peculiar kind, and it was offered under peculiar conditions. We learn from 2 Kings that a choice was submitted to him - he was to determine whether time, as measured by a certain timepiece or clock, which was known as "the dial of Ahaz," should make a sudden leap forward - the shadow advancing ten degrees upon the dial (2 Kings 20:9), or whether it should retire backwards, the shadow upon the same dial receding ten degrees. Hezekiah determined in favour of the latter sign, from its appearing to him the more difficult of accomplishment; and on his declaring his decision, the shadow receded to the prescribed distance. Time was rolled backward, or at any rate appeared to be rolled backward; and the king, seeing so great a miracle, accepted without hesitation the further predictions that had been made to him. The Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken. By the nexus of this verse with the preceding, it would naturally be concluded that "the thing" to be done was the defence of Jerusalem; but ver. 22, which belongs properly to this part of the narrative, shows the contrary. Hezekiah had asked for a sign" that he should go up to the house of the Lord." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thisוְזֶה־ (wə·zeh-) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that will be a sign הָא֖וֹת (hā·’ō·wṯ) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence to you לְּךָ֥ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew from מֵאֵ֣ת (mê·’êṯ) Preposition-m | Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case the LORD יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel that אֲשֶׁר֙ (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that He יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel will do יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה (ya·‘ă·śeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make what הַדָּבָ֥ר (had·dā·ḇār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause He has promised: דִּבֵּֽר׃ (dib·bêr) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue Links Isaiah 38:7 NIVIsaiah 38:7 NLT Isaiah 38:7 ESV Isaiah 38:7 NASB Isaiah 38:7 KJV Isaiah 38:7 BibleApps.com Isaiah 38:7 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 38:7 Chinese Bible Isaiah 38:7 French Bible Isaiah 38:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 38:7 This shall be the sign to you (Isa Isi Is) |
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