Font Size
2 Kings 20:9-11
Good News Translation
2 Kings 20:9-11
Good News Translation
9 Isaiah replied, “The Lord will give you a sign to prove that he will keep his promise. Now, would you prefer to have the shadow on the stairway go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?”[a]
10 Hezekiah answered, “It's easy to have the shadow go forward ten steps![b] Have it go back ten steps.”[c]
11 Isaiah prayed to the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back ten steps[d] on the stairway[e] set up by King Ahaz.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2 Kings 20:9 stairway … steps … steps…; or sundial … degrees … degrees.
- 2 Kings 20:10 steps; or degrees.
- 2 Kings 20:10 steps; or degrees.
- 2 Kings 20:11 steps; or degrees.
- 2 Kings 20:11 stairway; or sundial. Archaeological evidence suggests that the stairway referred to in this passage was one specially constructed to tell time.
Good News Translation (GNT)
Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition) © 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved. For more information about GNT, visit www.bibles.com and www.gnt.bible.
Bible Gateway Recommends
The Acts of the Apostles (GNT), Paper
Our Price: $11.24
GNT 50th Anniversary Edition Bible
Our Price: $9.99
GNT Large Print Bible, 2nd Edition, Blue, Paperback
Our Price: $21.49
Catholic Bible-Gnt, Imitation Leather, Black, Thumb Index
Our Price: $58.99
Good News Bible - Cloth, Maroon - Slightly Imperfect
Retail: $11.99
Our Price: $10.39
Save: $1.60 (13%)