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Isaiah 7:15
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KJ21
Butter and honey shall He eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.
ASV
Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
AMP
He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to refuse evil and choose good.
AMPC
Butter and curds and wild honey shall he eat when he knows [enough] to refuse the evil and choose the good.
BRG
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
CSB
By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good, he will be eating curds and honey.
CSBA
By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good, he will be eating curds and honey.
CEB
He will eat butter and honey, and learn to reject evil and choose good.
CJB
By the time he knows enough to refuse evil and choose good, he will [have to] eat curdled milk and [wild] honey.
CEV
Even before the boy is old enough to know how to choose between right and wrong, he will eat yogurt and honey, and the countries of the two kings you fear will be destroyed.
DARBY
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
DRA
He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
ERV
He will eat milk curds and honey as he learns to choose good and refuse evil.
EASY
One day he will know how to choose good things and refuse to do evil things. By that time there will be cream and honey for him to eat.
EHV
He will eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse evil and choose good,
ESV
He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
ESVUK
He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
EXB
He will be eating milk curds and honey [C probably because the crops have been destroyed in the invasion] ·when he learns [by the time he learns; or so that he will learn] to reject what is evil and to choose what is good [C probably ages twelve or thirteen, when he would be accountable to the law; the destruction of Israel would occur in twelve or thirteen years: 722 bc].
GNV
Butter and honey shall he eat, till he have knowledge to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
GW
He will eat cheese and honey until he knows how to reject evil and choose good.
GNT
By the time he is old enough to make his own decisions, people will be drinking milk and eating honey.
HCSB
By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good, he will be eating butter and honey.
ICB
He will be eating milk curds and honey when he learns to reject what is evil and to choose what is good.
ISV
He’ll eat cheese and honey, when he knows enough to reject what’s wrong and choose what’s right.
JUB
He shall eat butter and honey that he may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.
KJV
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
AKJV
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
LSB
He will eat curds and honey in order that He will know to refuse evil and choose good.
LEB
He shall eat curds and honey until he knows to reject the evil and to choose the good.
TLB
By the time this child is weaned and knows right from wrong, the two kings you fear so much—the kings of Israel and Syria—will both be dead.
MSG
So Isaiah told him, “Then listen to this, government of David! It’s bad enough that you make people tired with your pious, timid hypocrisies, but now you’re making God tired. So the Master is going to give you a sign anyway. Watch for this: A girl who is presently a virgin will get pregnant. She’ll bear a son and name him Immanuel (God-With-Us). By the time the child is twelve years old, able to make moral decisions, the threat of war will be over. Relax, those two kings that have you so worried will be out of the picture. But also be warned: God will bring on you and your people and your government a judgment worse than anything since the time the kingdom split, when Ephraim left Judah. The king of Assyria is coming!”
MEV
Curds and honey he shall eat at the time that he knows enough to refuse the evil and choose the good.
NOG
He will eat cheese and honey until he knows how to reject evil and choose good.
NABRE
Curds and honey he will eat so that he may learn to reject evil and choose good;
NASB
He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good.
NASB1995
He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good.
NCB
He will feed on curds and honey by the time he learns to reject the bad and choose the good.
NCV
He will be eating milk curds and honey when he learns to reject what is evil and to choose what is good.
NET
He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.
NIRV
He will still be very young when he can decide between right and wrong.
NIV
He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,
NIVUK
He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,
NKJV
Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.
NLV
He will eat milk and honey when He knows enough to have nothing to do with wrong-doing and chooses good.
NLT
By the time this child is old enough to choose what is right and reject what is wrong, he will be eating yogurt and honey.
NRSVA
He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
NRSVACE
He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
NRSVCE
He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
NRSVUE
He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
OJB
Curds and honey shall he eat at the time that he knows to refuse the rah, and choose the tov.
RGT
“Butter and honey shall He eat, until He has knowledge to refuse evil and to choose good.
RSV
He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
RSVCE
He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
TLV
He will be eating curds and honey by the time he knows to refuse evil and choose good.
VOICE
There will indeed be something Godlike about Him. He’ll be eating curds and honey when he knows to choose what is right and good and refuse what is not.
WEB
He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.
WYC
He shall eat butter and honey, that he know how to reprove evil, and choose good. (He shall eat butter and honey, and he shall know how to rebuke, or to reject, evil, and to choose good.)
YLT
Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.
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