Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, New Living Translation 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. English Standard Version He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. Berean Standard Bible By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey. King James Bible Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. New King James Version Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. New American Standard Bible He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. NASB 1995 “He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. NASB 1977 “He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. Legacy Standard Bible He will eat curds and honey in order that He will know to refuse evil and choose good. Amplified Bible He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. Christian Standard Bible By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good, he will be eating curds and honey. Holman Christian Standard Bible By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good, he will be eating butter and honey. American Standard Version Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Butter and honey he will eat, that he will know to reject the evil and to choose the good Brenton Septuagint Translation Butter and honey shall he eat, before he knows either to prefer evil or choose the good. Douay-Rheims Bible He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good. English Revised Version Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good. GOD'S WORD® Translation He will eat cheese and honey until he knows how to reject evil and choose good. Good News Translation By the time he is old enough to make his own decisions, people will be drinking milk and eating honey. International Standard Version He'll eat cheese and honey, when he knows enough to reject what's wrong and choose what's right. JPS Tanakh 1917 Curd and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good. Literal Standard Version He eats butter and honey, | When He knows to refuse evil, and to fix on good. Majority Standard Bible By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey. New American Bible Curds and honey he will eat so that he may learn to reject evil and choose good; NET Bible He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right. New Revised Standard Version He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. New Heart English Bible He will eat curds and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good. Webster's Bible Translation Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. World English Bible He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good. Young's Literal Translation Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Sign of Immanuel…14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him 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 Genesis 18:8 Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate. Deuteronomy 1:39 And the little ones you said would become captives--your children who on that day did not know good from evil--will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it. Isaiah 7:22 and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey. Treasury of Scripture Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. butter. Isaiah 7:22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. Matthew 3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. know Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Amos 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Jump to Previous Butter Choose Curd Curds Decision Eat Enough Evil Fix Food Good Honey Refuse Reject Right Time WrongJump to Next Butter Choose Curd Curds Decision Eat Enough Evil Fix Food Good Honey Refuse Reject Right Time WrongIsaiah 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 (15) Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know . . .--Better, till he know, or, when he shall know. . . .--By a strange inversion of the familiar associations of the phrase (Exodus 3:17; Deuteronomy 31:20), probably, as the prophet spoke them, not without a certain touch of the irony of paradox, the words describe a time, not of plenty, but of scarcity. (Comp. Isaiah 7:22.) Fields and vineyards should be left uncultivated (Isaiah 5:9), and instead of bread and meat, and wine and oil, the people, flying from their cities and taking refuge in caves and mountains, should be left to the food of a nomadic tribe, such, e.g., as the Kenites (Judges 5:25; 1Samuel 14:26; Matthew 3:4). The "butter" of the Bible here, as in Judges 5:25, is the clotted milk which has always been a delicacy with Arabs. . . . Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew By the time He knows [enough]לְדַעְתּ֛וֹ (lə·ḏa‘·tōw) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know to reject מָא֥וֹס (mā·’ō·ws) 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 וּבָח֥וֹר (ū·ḇā·ḥō·wr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 977: To try, select good, בַּטּֽוֹב׃ (baṭ·ṭō·wḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good He will be eating יֹאכֵ֑ל (yō·ḵêl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat curds חֶמְאָ֥ה (ḥem·’āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2529: Curdled milk, cheese and honey. וּדְבַ֖שׁ (ū·ḏə·ḇaš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1706: Honey, syrup Links Isaiah 7:15 NIVIsaiah 7:15 NLT Isaiah 7:15 ESV Isaiah 7:15 NASB Isaiah 7:15 KJV Isaiah 7:15 BibleApps.com Isaiah 7:15 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 7:15 Chinese Bible Isaiah 7:15 French Bible Isaiah 7:15 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 7:15 He shall eat butter and honey when (Isa Isi Is) |
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