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


In Context

12 And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.

13 And he said: Hear ye therefore, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to be grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also?

14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel.

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

16 For before the child know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good, the land which thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of the face of her two kings.

17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon the house of thy father, days that have not come since the time of the separation of Ephraim from Juda with the king of the Assyrians.

Isaiah 7:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:15He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:15Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:15Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.