Isaiah 7:16

“For 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.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Isaiah 7:16

For before the childe shall know to refuse the euill and choose the good; the land that thou abhorrest, shalbe forsaken of both her kings.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"For before the boy will know {enough} to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.
- American Standard Version (1901)

For 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.
- Basic English Bible

For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken.
- Darby Bible

For 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.
- Webster's Bible

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

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.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Yea, before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou hast a horror of shall be forsaken.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible Commentary for Isaiah 7:16

Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 7:16


7:16 Yea - Not only this land shall be preserved until the virgin's son shall be born, but thine enemies land shall be sorely scourged, and these two kings destroyed within a very little time. This child - Shear - Jashub, whom in all probability the prophet pointed at, and who was brought hither by God's special command, ver.#3|. for this very use. The land - The lands of Syria and Israel. Forsaken - So far shall Pekah and Rezin be from conquering thy land, that they shall lose their own lands, and their lives too; which they did within two years after this time, being both slain by the king of Assyria.


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