KJV King James Version
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
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Isaiah 7:22
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
WEB World English Bible
and it shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left in the midst of the land.
ASV American Standard Version
and it shall come to pass, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, From the abundance of the yielding of milk he eateth butter, For butter and honey doth every one eat Who is left in the heart of the land.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 7
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.
20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
23 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall [even] be for briers and thorns.
24 With arrows and with bows shall [men] come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
25 And [on] all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָיָ֗הH1961 · ha.yahto beמֵרֹ֛בH7230 · rovabundanceעֲשׂ֥וֹתH6213 · a.sahto make: doחָלָ֖בH2461 · cha.lavmilkיֹאכַ֣לH398 · a.khalto eatחֶמְאָ֑הH2529 · chem.ahcurdכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforחֶמְאָ֤הH2529 · chem.ahcurdוּדְבַשׁ֙H1706 · de.vashhoneyיֹאכֵ֔לH398 · a.khalto eatכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַנּוֹתָ֖רH3498 · ya.tarto remainבְּקֶ֥רֶבH7130 · qe.reventrails: amongהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Isaiah 7:15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.Matthew 3:4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.2 Samuel 17:29And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that [were] with him, to eat: for they said, The people [is] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
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