Isaiah 7:16
World English Bible (WEB)
For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.
In context
14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
15 He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.
16 For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.
17 The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria.
18 It will happen in that day that the LORD will whistle for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Isaiah 7:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.
- KJV King James Version
- For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken by both her kings.