Isaiah 7:21
What does Isaiah 7:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 7:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And it will be in that day that a man will give food to a young cow and two sheep;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And it hath come to pass, in that day, A man keepeth alive a heifer of the herd, And two of the flock,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep,
Context
v.20In that day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
v.21This passage
v.22and it shall come to pass, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 7:25
And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.
- Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
- Isaiah 5:17
Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.
- Isaiah 37:30
And this shall be the sign unto thee: ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
- Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
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