Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Ask a sign from the LORD your God. Make it as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven above."
New American Standard Bible
“Ask a
King James Version
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Holman Bible
“Ask for a sign
A Conservative Version
Ask thee a sign of LORD thy God, ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
American Standard Version
Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Amplified
“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God [one that will convince you that God has spoken and will keep His word]; make your request as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.”
Bible in Basic English
Make a request to the Lord your God for a sign, a sign in the deep places of the underworld, or in the high heavens.
Darby Translation
Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God; ask for it in the deep, or in the height above.
Julia Smith Translation
Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God; make deep the asking, or make high upwards.
King James 2000
Ask a sign of the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Ask for a sign for yourself from Yahweh God; make [it] deep [as] Sheol or make [it] high as above."
Modern King James verseion
Ask a sign of Jehovah your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God, from alow beneath, or from on high above."
NET Bible
"Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God. You can even ask for something miraculous."
New Heart English Bible
"Ask a sign of the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."
The Emphasized Bible
Ask thee a sign, of Yahweh thy God, - Go down deep for a request, Or ascend on high!
Webster
Ask thee a sign from the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the hight above.
World English Bible
"Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."
Youngs Literal Translation
Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make it high upwards.'
Interlinear
Sha'al
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Sha'al
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 7:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Immanuel Prophecy
10 Later on, the LORD spoke to Ahaz again: 11 "Ask a sign from the LORD your God. Make it as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven above." 12 But Ahaz replied, "I won't ask! I won't put the LORD to the test."
Cross References
Isaiah 37:30
"And this will be your sign, Hezekiah: Eat this year what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from that. But in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
Isaiah 38:7-8
This is the LORD's sign to you that the LORD will carry out this thing he has promised:
Judges 6:36-40
Then Gideon told God, "If you intend to deliver Israel by my efforts as you've said,
2 Kings 19:29
"This will serve as a sign for you: you'll eat this year from what grows by itself, in the second year what grows from that, and in the third year you'll sow, reap, plant vineyards, and enjoy their fruit.
2 Kings 20:8-11
Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, "What is to be the sign that the LORD is healing me and that I'll be going up to the LORD's Temple three days from now?"
Isaiah 38:22
Hezekiah also had asked, "What will be the sign for me to go up to the LORD's Temple?"
Jeremiah 19:1
This is what the LORD says: "Go and buy a potter's clay jug. Take along some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests.
Jeremiah 19:10
"Then you are to break the jug in front of the men who have come with you,
Jeremiah 51:63-64
When you finish reading this scroll, tie a rock around it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates.
Matthew 12:38-40
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees told Jesus, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."
Matthew 16:1-4
When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, in order to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.