Isaiah 7:16
What does Isaiah 7:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 7:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For before the child is old enough to make a decision between evil and good, the land whose two kings you are now fearing will have become waste.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For 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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 1:39
Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
- Isaiah 8:4
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and, My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 17:1
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
- 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
- Amos 1:3
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.
- Isaiah 9:11
Therefore Jehovah will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,
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