KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And Isaiah” | יְשַׁעְיָ֗הוּ | Jeshajah, the name of seven Israelites | Isaiah |
| “said,” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “This” | זֶה | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | This |
| “sign” | הָאוֹת֙ | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | sign |
| “shalt thou have of” | מֵאֵ֣ת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | shalt thou have of |
| “the Lord,” | יְהוָ֔ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “that” | כִּ֚י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | that |
| “the Lord” | יְהוָ֔ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “will do” | יַֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | do |
| “the thing” | הַדָּבָ֖ר | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | thing |
| “that” | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | that |
| “he hath spoken:” | דִּבֵּ֑ר | Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue | spoken |
| “shall the shadow” | הַצֵּל֙ | Shade, whether literal or figurative | shadow |
| “go forward” | הָלַ֤ךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | go forward |
| “ten” | עֶ֣שֶׂר | Ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) | ten |
| “degrees,” | מַֽעֲל֔וֹת | Elevation, i.e., the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms) | degrees |
| “or” | אִם | Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | or |
| “go back” | יָשׁ֖וּב | To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again | go back |
| “ten” | עֶ֥שֶׂר | Ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) | ten |
| “degrees?” | מַֽעֲלֽוֹת׃ | Elevation, i.e., the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms) | degrees |
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7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
8 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?
9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
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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