ISA 7:15 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Βούτυρον καὶ μέλι φάγεται πρινὴ γνῶναι αὐτὸν ἢ προελέσθαι πονηρὰ, ἐκλέξασθαι τὸ ἀγαθόν·
(Bouturon kai meli fagetai prinaʸ gnōnai auton aʸ proelesthai ponaʸra, eklexasthai to agathon; )

BrTr Butter and honey shall he eat, before he knows either to prefer evil, or choose the good.

ULT He will eat curds and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.

UST By the time that child is old enough to eat curds and honey, he will be able to reject what is evil and choose what is good.

BSB By the time He knows [enough] to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB ISA book available

WEBBE He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.

OET editor’s note on NET: which will help him know: NET seems to be taking quite a leap in their interpretation here.

LSV He eats butter and honey,
When He knows to refuse evil, and to fix on good.

FBV He will eat curds and honey until the time he knows to refuse evil and choose the good.

T4T And by the time that child is old enough to eat curds/yogurt and honey, he will be able to reject what is evil and choose what is good.

LEB He shall eat curds and honey until he knows to reject the evil and to choose the good.

BBE Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS Curd and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth 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.

DRA He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.

YLT Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.

Drby Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.

RV Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
(Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth/knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good. )

SLT Curdled milk and honey he shall eat, for his knowing to reject in evil, and to choose in good.

Wbstr Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

KJB-1769 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

KJB-1611 Butter and hony shall he eat, that hee may know to refuse the euill, and choose the good.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Butter and honye shall he eate, vntill he knowe to refuse the euyll and choose the good.
(Butter and honeye shall he eat, until he know to refuse the evil and choose the good.)

Gnva Butter and hony shall he eate, till he haue knowledge to refuse the euill, and to chuse the good.
(Butter and honey shall he eat, till he have knowledge to refuse the evil, and to choose the good. )

Cvdl Butter and hony shal he eate, yt he maye knowe the euel, and chose ye good.
(Butter and honey shall he eat, it he may know the evil, and chose ye/you_all good.)

Wycl He schal ete botere and hony, that he kunne repreue yuel, and cheese good.
(He shall eat botere and honey, that he can reprove evil, and chosee good.)

Luth Butter und Honig wird er essen, daß er wisse Böses zu verwerfen und Gutes zu erwählen.
(Butter and honey becomes he eat, that he know evil to/for discard and goodness/good_(person) to/for choose.)

ClVg Butyrum et mel comedet, ut sciat reprobare malum, et eligere bonum.[fn]
(Butter and honey he_will_eat, as let_him_know to_disprove evil, and eligere good. )

7.15 Reprobare malum. ID. Quasi diceret: In pannis infantiæ positus habebit boni malique discretionem. His verbis percipimus Salvatoris, infantiam divinam in eo non minuisse sapientiam, quamvis dicatur: Puer autem proficiebat ætate et sapientia, ut veritas humani corporis probaretur: infantia enim non præjudicat divinæ sapientiæ.

7.15 Reprobare evil. ID. As_if would_say: In cloth infantiæ placed will_have good malique discretion. His with_words percipimus Saviour, childhood divine in/into/on by_him not/no minuisse wisdom, although/however be_said: Puer however proficiebat age and wisdom, as the_truth human body would_proveur: childhood because not/no beforeyudicat divine of_wisdom.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) He will eat curds and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good

(Some words not found in UHB: curds and,honey eat to,knowing,his reject (in),evil and,to_choose (in),good )

People generally expect a child to know right from wrong once the child is a few years old. So the implication is that what Isaiah is describing will happen within a few years. Alternate translation: “Within a few years, he will eat curds and honey”

(Occurrence 0) curds

(Some words not found in UHB: curds and,honey eat to,knowing,his reject (in),evil and,to_choose (in),good )

milk that people have treated to make it into a soft solid

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

(Occurrence 0) refuse the evil and choose the good

(Some words not found in UHB: curds and,honey eat to,knowing,his reject (in),evil and,to_choose (in),good )

Here “the evil” and “the good” refer to evil and good things in general. Alternate translation: “refuse to do evil deeds and choose to do good deeds”

Parallel ISA 7:15