2 Kings 20:7 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 20:7

5 “Return and tell Hezekiah ^athe leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: ^b“I have heard your prayer, I have seen ^cyour tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

6 And I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and ^aI will defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of My servant David.” ’ ”

7 Then ^aIsaiah said, “Take a lump of figs.” So they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ^a“What is the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord the third day?”

9 Then Isaiah said, ^a“This is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing which He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go backward ten degrees?”

10 And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten¹ degrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees.”

Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 20:7

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American Standard Version
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Amplified® Bible
And Isaiah said, Bring a cake of figs. Let them lay it on the burning inflammation, that he may recover.

Contemporary English Version
Then Isaiah said to the king's servants, "Bring some mashed figs and place them on the king's open sore. He will then get well."

Darby English Version
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Good News Bible
Then Isaiah told the king's attendants to put on his boil a paste made of figs, and he would get well.

King James Version
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

New American Standard Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid {it} on the boil, and he recovered."

New International Version
Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a poultice of figs." They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.

New King James Version
Then Isaiah said, “Take a lump of figs.” So they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Revised Standard Version
And Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover."

Young's Literal Translation
And Isaiah saith, `Take ye a cake of figs;' and they take and lay `it' on the boil, and he reviveth.

New English Translation
Isaiah ordered, “Get a fig cake.” So they did as he ordered¹ and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered.²

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