Isaiah 38:8

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ESV	Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.“ So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.
NIV	I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.'“ So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.
NLT	I will cause the sun's shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!' “ So the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps.
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KJV	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.

^{Isaiah 38:7 ← Isaiah 38:8 → Isaiah 38:9}

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