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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.
Isaiah 7:16 · King James Version

In other versions

  • For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.

    ASV

  • For before the child is old enough to make a decision between evil and good, the land whose two kings you are now fearing will have become waste.

    BBE

  • For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken.

    DBY

  • For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.

    WEB

  • 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.

    YLT

  • For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that you abhor shall be forsaken of both her kings.

    ENG

  • 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.

    WBT

  • For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

    BSB

In context

14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

16For 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.

17The 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.

18And 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.

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