2 Kings 20:10 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.

ASV Byzantine Text

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.

Asang Khongca Bible

Hezekiah mah, Hmabangah kacaeh ni tahlip dikari hato loe kazoidaek hmuen ah ni oh, to tiah na ai ni, hnukbangah dikari hato amlaem let nasoe, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te vaengah Hezekiah, “Khokhawn loh tangtlaeng parha a poeng ham tah yoeikoek pawt nim? Te dongah khokhawn he tangtlaeng parha a hnuk la mael mai saeh,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te vaengah Hezekiah, “Khokhawn loh tangtlaeng parha a poeng ham tah yoeikoek pawt nim? Te dongah khokhawn he tangtlaeng parha a hnuk la mael mai saeh,” a ti nah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

I mai la ia, He mea uuku ke hele mamua ke aka i na degere he umi; aole ia, aka, e hoi ihope ke aka i na degere he umi.

English Berean Standard Bible

“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Ezekyas di l': —Se bagay fasil pou lonbraj la mache annavan sou dis ti mak. L'ap pi difisil pou l' fè bak sou dis ti mak.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et ait Ezechias: Facile est umbram crescere decem lineis: nec hoc volo ut fiat, sed ut revertatur retrorsum decem gradibus.

Bible in Basic English

And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et Ézéchias dit : C’est peu de chose que l’ombre descende de dix degrés : non, mais que l’ombre retourne de dix degrés en arrière.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Odpověděl Ezechiáš: Snázeť může stín postoupiti dolů o deset stupňů. Nechci, ale nechť zase postoupí stín zpátkem o deset stupňů.

Kosraean Bible

Hezekiah el topuk, “Ac fisrasr lul se ingan in kilukyak nu meet fwaluk singoul! Tari, oru in foloki ke fwaluk singoul.”

World Portuguese Bible

Ezequias respondeu: “É fácil para a sombra avançar dez graus. Não, em vez disso, que a sombra recue dez graus.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Și Ezechia a răspuns: Este un lucru ușor ca umbra să coboare zece trepte; nu, ci să se întoarcă umbra înapoi zece trepte.

Brenton English Septuagint

And Ezekias said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return ten degrees backward on the dial.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဟေဇကိက``အရိပ်ကိုဆယ်ထစ်တိုးစေရန် မှာလွယ်ကူ၏။ သို့ဖြစ်၍ဆယ်ထစ်ဆုတ်ပါ လေစေ'' ဟုဆို၏။

Darby Translation

And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: no, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und Hiskia sprach: Es ist dem Schatten ein Leichtes, zehn Grade zu fallen; nein, sondern der Schatten soll zehn Grade rückwärts gehen.

Dutch Bible 1917

Toen zeide Hizkia: Het is der schaduwe licht, tien graden nederwaarts te gaan; neen, maar dat de schaduw tien graden achterwaarts kere.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Ezekias zeide: Het zegt niet veel, wanneer de schaduw tien graden naar beneden gaat; neen zij moet teruggaan, tien graden achteruit.

Italian Diodati Bible

Ed Ezechia disse: Egli è leggier cosa che l'ombra dichini per dieci gradi; questo no; anzi ritorni l'ombra dieci gradi indietro.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And Ezechias said: It is an easy matter for the shadow to go forward ten lines: and I do not desire that this be done, but let it return back ten degrees.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadowe to passe forward ten degrees: not so then, but let ye shadow go backe ten degrees.

Danish Bible 1931

Ezekias sagde: “Skyggen kan let strække sig ti Streger frem - nej, lad den gå ti Streger tilbage!”

Leeser Tanakh

And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten degrees: no; but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And Hezekiah answered: 'It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten degrees; nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.'

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Ê-xê-chia đáp: Bóng tới trước mười độ thì chẳng khó gì; không! thà nó lui lại sau mười độ thì hơn.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻe pehēange ʻe Hesekaia, “Ko eni ko e meʻa maʻamaʻa ke ʻalu hifo ʻae ata ʻi he tikeli ʻe hongofulu: ʻoua naʻa pehē, taʻetuku ke foki ki mui ʻae ata ʻi he tikeli hongofulu.”

French Ostervald Bible

Et Ézéchias dit: C'est peu de chose que l'ombre avance de dix degrés; non, mais que l'ombre rétrograde de dix degrés.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj Ĥizkija diris: Facile estas por la ombro iri antaŭen je dek gradoj; ne, la ombro iru returne je dek gradoj.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Ézéchias répondit: C’est peu de chose que l’ombre avance de dix degrés; mais plutôt qu’elle recule de dix degrés.

German Luther Bible 1912

Hiskia sprach: Es ist leicht, daß der Schatten zehn Stufen niederwärts gehe; das will ich nicht, sondern daß er zehn Stufen hinter sich zurückgehe.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And Ezekias said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return ten degrees backward on the dial.

British English Septuagint 2012

And Ezekias said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return ten degrees backward on the dial.

Majority Standard BIble

“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”

Webster Bible

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten degrees: no, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

Revised Version

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Ezechia rispose: “E’ cosa facile che l’ombra s’allunghi per dieci gradini; no; l’ombra retroceda piuttosto di dieci gradini”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ézéchias répondit : « Il est facile pour l'ombre d'avancer de dix marches. Qu'elle recule plutôt de dix marches. »

Reina Valera 1909

Y Ezechîas respondió: Fácil cosa es que la sombra decline diez grados: pero, que la sombra vuelva atrás diez grados.

Spanish BLL

“Es fácil que la sombra avance diez grados —contestó Ezequías—; lo difícil es que retroceda”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y Ezequías respondió: «Fácil cosa es que la sombra decline diez grados; pero no que la sombra vuelva atrás diez grados».

Croatian Bible

Ezekija odgovori: “Lako je sjeni pomaknuti se deset stupnjeva naprijed! Ne! Neka se sjena vrati natrag za deset stupnjeva!”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A Jezekija reče: Lako je da sen otide napred deset koljenaca; nemoj, nego neka se vrati sen deset koljenaca natrag?

German Textbibel

Hiskia erwiderte: Es ist dem Schatten ein leichtes zehn Stufen abwärts zugehen; nein, der Schatten soll um zehn Stufen rückwärts gehen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return ten degrees backward on the dial.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ נָקֵ֣ל לַצֵּ֔ל לִנְט֖וֹת עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֑וֹת לֹ֣א כִ֔י יָשׁ֥וּב הַצֵּ֛ל אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֥שֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת׃