Isaiah 38:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 38:8 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
הִנְנִ֣י
hên
H2005
behold
מֵשִׁ֣יב
shûwb
H7725
to return
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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צֵ֣ל
tsêl
H6738
shadow
הַֽמַּעֲל֡וֹת
maʻălâh
H4609
step
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יָרְדָה֩
yârad
H3381
to go down
בְמַעֲל֨וֹת
maʻălâh
H4609
step
אָחָ֥ז
ʼÂchâz
H271
Ahaz
בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ
shemesh
H8121
sun
אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית
ʼăchôrannîyth
H322
backwards
עֶ֣שֶׂר
ʻeser
H6235
ten
מַעֲל֑וֹת
maʻălâh
H4609
step
וַתָּ֤שָׁב
shûwb
H7725
to return
הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙
shemesh
H8121
sun
עֶ֣שֶׂר
ʻeser
H6235
ten
מַעֲל֔וֹת
maʻălâh
H4609
step
בַּֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת
maʻălâh
H4609
step
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יָרָֽדָה
yârad
H3381
to go down
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Behold me, making return the shadow on the stairs, which has gone down with the sun on the stairs of Ahaz, back ten steps.’” And the sun went back ten steps on the stairs which it had gone down.
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