2 Kings 20:11 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And Isaiah the prophet calleth unto Jehovah, and He bringeth back the shadow by the degrees that it had gone down in the degrees of Ahaz -- backward ten degrees.

English ASV

And Isaiah the prophet cried unto Jehovah; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

English Amplified

So Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord, and He brought the shadow the ten steps backward by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

So Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord, and He brought the shadow the ten steps backward by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

So the prophet Isaiah called out to the LORD, and he brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Isaiah the prophet cried to Jehovah, and he brought the shadow back on the degrees by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.

English EASY 2024

Then Isaiah the prophet asked the Lord to do this. The Lord caused the shadow to go back up ten steps on the stairs that King Ahaz had made.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Then Isaiah prayed, and the Lord made the shadow move back ten steps. It went back up the steps that it had already been on.

And Isaiah the prophet called to the LORD, and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Isaiah prayed to the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairway set up by King Ahaz.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Then the prophet Isaiah called on the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow that had gone down on Ahaz's stairway go back up ten steps.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the 10 steps it had descended on Ahaz's stairway.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh, and He turned the shadow on the stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Isaiah the prophet called to the Lord, and He made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

So the prophet Isaiah invoked the LORD, who made the shadow retreat the ten steps it had descended on the staircase to the terrace of Ahaz.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and the LORD made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Then the prophet Isaiah called out to the Lord. And the Lord made the shadow go back ten steps. It went back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway Ahaz had made.

English NIV

Then the prophet Isaiah called upon the LORD, and the LORD made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.

English NKJ 1982

So Isaiah the prophet cried out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.

English NLT

So Isaiah asked the LORD to do this, and he caused the shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The prophet Isaiah cried to the LORD; and he brought the shadow back the ten intervals, by which the sun had declined on the dial of Ahaz.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord; and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which the sun had declined on the dial of Ahaz.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

So Isaiah asked the Lord to do this, and he caused the shadow to move ten points backward on the sundial of Ahaz!

English Tyndale 1537

And Isaiah the Prophet called to the LORD, and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward by which it had gone down, in the dial of Ahaz.