King James Version
Isaiah 38:7 in the King James Version says “And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;”
Isaiah 38:7 · KJV
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
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. sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And this shall be a sign”
H226a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“that the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“this thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that he hath spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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