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

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.