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.


In Context

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.

18 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah doth hiss for a fly that is in the extremity of the brooks of Egypt, And for a bee that is in the land of Asshur.

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 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 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.