Isaiah 7:11

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““Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.””

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BSBPD

““Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make <FI>it<Fi> high upwards.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 7:11 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 6:36Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
  2. Judges 6:40And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.
  3. 1 Kings 13:3That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”
  4. 2 Kings 19:29And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
  5. 2 Kings 20:8Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
  6. Isaiah 37:30And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
  7. Isaiah 38:7This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
  8. Isaiah 38:22And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
  9. Jeremiah 19:1This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,
  10. Jeremiah 19:10Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,
  11. Jeremiah 51:63When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.
  12. Matthew 12:38Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
  13. Matthew 16:1Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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