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


In Context

13 He said, |Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?

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

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

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

17 Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

18 It will happen in that day that Yahweh will whistle 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 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 thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

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 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.