Parallel Verses
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.
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
International Standard Version
"Ask a sign from the LORD your God. Make it as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven above."
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.”
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
'elohiym
Sha'al
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 7:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Immanuel Prophecy
10 And Isaiah said again to Ahaz, 11 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. 12 But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.
Cross References
Isaiah 37:30
And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself, and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed, and get in the grain, and make vine-gardens, and take of their fruit.
Isaiah 38:7-8
And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said:
Judges 6:36-40
Then Gideon said to God, If you are going to give Israel salvation by my hand, as you have said,
2 Kings 19:29
And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself; and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed and get in the grain and make vine-gardens and take of their fruit.
2 Kings 20:8-11
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 38:22
And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?
Jeremiah 19:1
This is what the Lord has said: Go and get for money a potter's bottle made of earth, and take with you some of the responsible men of the people and of the priests;
Jeremiah 19:10
Then let the potter's bottle be broken before the eyes of the men who have gone with you,
Jeremiah 51:63-64
And it will be that, when you have come to an end of reading this book, you are to have a stone fixed to it, and have it dropped into the Euphrates:
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.
Matthew 16:1-4
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.