Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version for 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. New Living Translation For before the child is that old, the lands of the two kings you fear so much will both be deserted. English Standard Version For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted. Berean Standard Bible For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste. King James Bible 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. New King James Version For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings. New American Standard Bible For before the boy knows enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be abandoned. NASB 1995 “For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken. NASB 1977 “For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken. Legacy Standard Bible For before the boy will know to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken. Amplified Bible For before the child will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land (Canaan) whose two kings you dread will be deserted [both Ephraim and Aram]. Christian Standard Bible For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned. Holman Christian Standard Bible For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned. American Standard Version For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken. English Revised Version For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken. GOD'S WORD® Translation Indeed, before the boy knows how to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings who terrify you will be deserted. Good News Translation Even before that time comes, the lands of those two kings who terrify you will be deserted. International Standard Version However, before the youth knows enough to reject what's wrong and choose what's right, the land whose two kings you dread will be devastated." Majority Standard Bible For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste. NET Bible Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate. New Heart English Bible For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor before the youth knows "" To refuse evil, and to fix on good, "" The land you are distressed with is forsaken, because of her two kings. Young's Literal Translation 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. Smith's Literal Translation For before the boy shall know to reject in evil and to choose in good the land which thou abhorrest shall be forsaken from the face of its two kings. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor 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. Catholic Public Domain Version But even before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the land that you detest will be abandoned by the face of her two kings. New American Bible for before the child learns to reject evil and choose good, the land of those two kings whom you dread shall be deserted. New Revised Standard Version For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are harassed shall be forsaken. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because before the boy will know to reject the evil and to choose the good, the land that you loathe shall be forsaken from before its two Kings OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Yea, 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation For before the child shall know good or evil, he refuses evil, to choose the good; and the land shall be forsaken which thou art afraid of because of the two kings. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Sign of Immanuel…15By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey. 16For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste. Cross References Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”). 2 Kings 16:5-9 Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him. / At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day. / So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.” ... 2 Kings 15:29-30 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria. / Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place. 2 Kings 15:37 (In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.) 2 Kings 16:1-4 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah. / Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God. / Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. ... 2 Kings 16:10-18 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction. / And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it before King Ahaz returned. / When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it. ... 2 Chronicles 28:5-8 So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force. / For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. / Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king. ... 2 Chronicles 28:16-21 At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria. / The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives. / The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages. ... 2 Chronicles 28:22-25 In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD. / He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, and he said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel. / Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem. ... Isaiah 8:4 For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.” Isaiah 8:7-8 the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks. / It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel! Isaiah 9:1-2 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations: / The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned. Isaiah 10:5-6 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. Isaiah 10:9-11 “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? / As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria, / and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?” Isaiah 11:1-5 Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. / The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. / And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear, ... Treasury of Scripture For 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. before Deuteronomy 1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. Jonah 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? the land 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 taken away before the king of Assyria. Isaiah 9:11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; Isaiah 17:1-3 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap… Jump to Previous Abhor Abhorrest Boy Child Choose Decision Deserted Dread Enough Evil Fearest Fearing Fix Forsaken Good Horror Kings Laid Refuse Reject Right Vexed Waste Wrong YouthJump to Next Abhor Abhorrest Boy Child Choose Decision Deserted Dread Enough Evil Fearest Fearing Fix Forsaken Good Horror Kings Laid Refuse Reject Right Vexed Waste Wrong YouthIsaiah 7 1. Ahaz, being troubled with fear of Rezin and Pekah, is comforted by Isaiah10. Ahaz, having liberty to choose a sign, and refusing it, has for a sign, Christ promised 17. His judgment is prophesied to come by Assyria For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good This phrase speaks to the innocence and developmental stage of a child. In Hebrew, the word for "boy" is "na'ar," which often refers to a young child or youth. The concept of knowing to "reject evil and choose good" implies a moral awakening or the age of accountability. In the context of Isaiah, this is a prophetic sign given to King Ahaz, indicating a specific timeframe. Theologically, it underscores the belief in an inherent moral law written on the hearts of individuals, as echoed in Romans 2:15. This phrase also foreshadows the coming of the Messiah, who would perfectly embody the rejection of evil and the choice of good. the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֠י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction before בְּטֶ֨רֶם (bə·ṭe·rem) Preposition-b | Adverb Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before the boy הַנַּ֛עַר (han·na·‘ar) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer knows [enough] יֵדַ֥ע (yê·ḏa‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know to reject מָאֹ֥ס (mā·’ōs) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 3988: To spurn, to disappear evil בָּרָ֖ע (bā·rā‘) Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil and choose וּבָחֹ֣ר (ū·ḇā·ḥōr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 977: To try, select good, בַּטּ֑וֹב (baṭ·ṭō·wḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good the land הָאֲדָמָה֙ (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 127: Ground, land of the two שְׁנֵ֥י (šə·nê) Number - mdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) kings מְלָכֶֽיהָ׃ (mə·lā·ḵe·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 4428: A king you אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you dread קָ֔ץ (qāṣ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6973: To feel a loathing, abhorrence, or sickening dread will be laid waste. תֵּעָזֵ֤ב (tê·‘ā·zêḇ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit Links Isaiah 7:16 NIVIsaiah 7:16 NLT Isaiah 7:16 ESV Isaiah 7:16 NASB Isaiah 7:16 KJV Isaiah 7:16 BibleApps.com Isaiah 7:16 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 7:16 Chinese Bible Isaiah 7:16 French Bible Isaiah 7:16 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 7:16 For before the child knows to refuse (Isa Isi Is) |