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Bible in Basic English

The same day he gave them a sign, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has given: See, the altar will be broken and the burned waste on it overturned.

New American Standard Bible

Then he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the Lord has spoken, ‘Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the ashes which are on it shall be poured out.’”

King James Version

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

Holman Bible

He gave a sign that day. He said, “This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: ‘The altar will now be ripped apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.’”

International Standard Version

Later that same day, he gave them a special display of power of what was to come when he said, "Here's proof that the LORD has decreed this: Look! This altar will be split apart and the ashes that are on it will spill out."

A Conservative Version

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which LORD has spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

American Standard Version

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

Amplified

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the Lord has spoken: ‘Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.’”

Darby Translation

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign that Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

Julia Smith Translation

And, he will give in that day a sign, saying, This the sign which Jehovah spake: Behold, the altar rent and the fat which was upon it, poured out

King James 2000

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD has spoken; Behold, the altar shall be torn, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He gave a sign on that day, saying, "This [is] the sign that Yahweh has predetermined: Look, [this] altar will be torn [apart], and the ashes that [are] on it will be poured out."

Modern King James verseion

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Jehovah has spoken. Behold, the altar shall be torn apart, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he gave them the same time a sign, saying, "This is the sign, of that the LORD hath promised: Behold, the altar shall rent and the ashes that are in it shall fall out."

NET Bible

That day he also announced a sign, "This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: The altar will be split open and the ashes on it will fall to the ground."

New Heart English Bible

He gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Behold, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out."

The Emphasized Bible

and he shall give, on that day, a sign, saying, This, is the sign of which Yahweh hath spoken, - Lo! the altar, is to be rent, and the ashes that are upon thee shall be, poured out!

Webster

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

World English Bible

He gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out."

Youngs Literal Translation

And he hath given on that day a sign, saying, 'This is the sign that Jehovah hath spoken, Lo, the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth that are on it.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he gave
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

a sign
מפת מופת 
Mowpheth 
Usage: 36

the same day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

This is the sign
מפת מופת 
Mowpheth 
Usage: 36

which the Lord

Usage: 0

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

Behold, the altar
מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

shall be rent
קרע 
Qara` 
Usage: 63

and the ashes
דּשׁן 
Deshen 
Usage: 15

References

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Context Readings

A Man Of God Proclaims Judgment Against The False Altar

2 And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings on you, and men's bones will be burned on you. 3 The same day he gave them a sign, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has given: See, the altar will be broken and the burned waste on it overturned. 4 Then the king, hearing the man of God crying out against the altar at Beth-el, put out his hand from the altar, saying, Take him prisoner. And his hand, stretched out against him, became dead, and he had no power of pulling it back.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:22

Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

Exodus 4:3-5

And he said, Put it down on the earth. And he put it down on the earth and it became a snake; and Moses went running from it.

Judges 6:17

So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.

John 2:18

Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?

Exodus 4:8-9

And if they do not have faith in you or give ear to the voice of the first sign, they will have faith in the second sign.

Exodus 7:10

Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and they did as the Lord had said: and Aaron put his rod down on the earth before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a snake.

Deuteronomy 13:1-3

If ever you have among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

1 Samuel 2:34

And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.

2 Kings 20:8

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is to be the sign that the Lord will make me well, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?

Isaiah 7:11-14

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.

Isaiah 38:6-8

And I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria: and I will keep watch over this town.

Isaiah 38:22

And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?

Jeremiah 44:29

And this will be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will give you punishment in this place, so that you may see that my words will certainly have effect against you for evil:

Matthew 12:38-40

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, hearing this, said to him, Master, we are looking for a sign from you.

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