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.


In Context

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.

Isaiah 7:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:16But before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16For 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For 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.