Isaiah 7:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 7:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 7:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.”
Isaiah 7:16 — World English Bible
Isaiah 7:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken. ”
Isaiah 7:16 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 7:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Isaiah 7:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 7:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken. ”
Isaiah 7:16 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 7:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For afore the childe shall haue knowledge to eschew the euill, and to chuse the good, the land, that thou abhorrest, shalbe forsaken of both her Kings.”
Isaiah 7:16 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 7:16 in Context — Isaiah 7
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.
What Does Isaiah 7:16 Mean?
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