Isaiah 7:16 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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.

English ASV

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 Amplified

For before the child shall know [enough] to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land [Canaan] whose two kings you abhor and of whom you are in sickening dread shall be forsaken [both Ephraim and Syria]. [Isa. 7:2.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For before the child shall know [enough] to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land [Canaan] whose two kings you abhor and of whom you are in sickening dread shall be forsaken [both Ephraim and Syria]. [Isa. 7:2.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

English CSB 2017 - 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.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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 EASY 2024

Even before that, the two kings that you are now afraid of will have no power. Their land will be empty.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But before he is old enough to make that choice, the land of the two kings you fear will be empty.

For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Even before that time comes, the lands of those two kings who terrify you will be deserted.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Indeed, before the boy knows how to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings who terrify you will be deserted.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

For before the boy will know to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread shall be forsaken of both her kings.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - 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.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

For before the child learns to reject the bad and choose the good, the land of those two kings whom you dread shall be deserted.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But even before that happens, the lands of the two kings you are afraid of will be completely destroyed.

English NIV

But 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.

English NKJ 1982

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.

English NLT

But before he knows right from wrong, the two kings you fear so much--the kings of Israel and Aram--will both be dead.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Yet even before that time comes for him to know good and evil, the lands of those two kings you dread will be deserted.”

English RSV (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.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

two kings you fear so much—the kings of Israel and Syria—will both be dead.

English Tyndale 1537

But or ever the child come to knowledge, to eschew the evil and chose the good: The land (that thou art so afraid for) shall be desolate of both her kings.

Isaiah 7:16 — Compare Translations