Modern Translations New International Versionfor 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 Study 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. 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. 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. Good News Translation Even before that time comes, the lands of those two kings who terrify you will be deserted. 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. 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." 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. Classic Translations King James BibleFor 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. King James 2000 Bible For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that you dread shall be forsaken by both her kings. New Heart English Bible The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. 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. American King James Version 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. 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. A Faithful Version For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you are afraid of shall be forsaken. Darby Bible Translation For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest 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. 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. Early Modern Geneva Bible of 1587For afore the childe shall haue knowledge to eschew the euill, and to chuse the good, the land, that thou abhorrest, shalbe forsaken of both her Kings. Bishops' Bible of 1568 For or euer the chylde come to knowledge to eschewe the euil and choose the good, the lande that thou so abhorrest shalbe desolate of both her kynges. Coverdale Bible of 1535 But or euer that childe come to knowlege, to eschue the euel and chose the good: The londe (that thou art so afrayde for) shalbe desolate of both hir kynges. 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. Translations from Aramaic Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedBecause 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 Lamsa Bible For 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. 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.     |