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.
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Isaiah 7:16
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 7
13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; [Is it] a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
16 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.
17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; [even] the king of Assyria.
18 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall hiss 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.
19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
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כִּ֠יH3588 · kiforבְּטֶ֨רֶםH2962 · te.rembeforeיֵדַ֥עH3045 · ya.dato knowהַנַּ֛עַרH5288 · na.aryouthמָאֹ֥סH3988 · ma.asto rejectבָּרָ֖עH7451 · rabad: harmfulוּבָחֹ֣רH977 · ba.charto chooseבַּטּ֑וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantתֵּעָזֵ֤בH5800 · a.zavto leave: forsakeהָאֲדָמָה֙H127 · a.da.mahland: soilאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichאַתָּ֣הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)קָ֔ץH6973 · qutsto loatheמִפְּנֵ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeשְׁנֵ֥יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoמְלָכֶֽיהָ׃H4428 · me.lekhking
Cross-references
Isaiah 8:4For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.Deuteronomy 1:39Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.Jonah 4:11And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and [also] much cattle?Isaiah 17:1-3The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.2 Kings 16:9And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.Hosea 5:9Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.2 Kings 15:29-30In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.Amos 1:3-5Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:Isaiah 9:11Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
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