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


In Context

12 And Ahaz saith, 'I do not ask nor try Jehovah.'

13 And he saith, 'Hear, I pray you, O house of David, Is it a little thing for you to weary men, That ye weary also my God?

14 Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel,

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

16 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.

17 Jehovah bringeth on thee, and on thy people, And on the house of thy father, Days that have not come, Even from the day of the turning aside of Ephraim from Judah, By the king of Asshur.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.