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OET-LV If/because in/on/at/with_before he_will_know the_boy to_reject in/on/at/with_evil and_choose in/on/at/with_good it_will_be_abandoned the_soil which you are_feeling_dread from_face/in_front_of the_two_of kings_of_her.
UHB כִּ֠י בְּטֶ֨רֶם יֵדַ֥ע הַנַּ֛עַר מָאֹ֥ס בָּרָ֖ע וּבָחֹ֣ר בַּטּ֑וֹב תֵּעָזֵ֤ב הָאֲדָמָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתָּ֣ה קָ֔ץ מִפְּנֵ֖י שְׁנֵ֥י מְלָכֶֽיהָ׃ ‡
(kiy bəţerem yēdaˊ hannaˊar māʼoş bārāˊ ūⱱāḩor baţţōⱱ tēˊāzēⱱ hāʼₐdāmāh ʼₐsher ʼattāh qāʦ mipənēy shənēy məlākeyhā.)
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 Διότι πρινὴ γνῶναι τὸ παιδίον ἀγαθὸν ἢ κακὸν, ἀπειθεῖ πονηρίᾳ, ἐκλέξασθαι τὸ ἀγαθόν· καὶ καταλειφθήσεται ἡ γῆ ἣν σὺ φοβῇ, ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν δύο βασιλέων.
(Dioti prinaʸ gnōnai to paidion agathon aʸ kakon, apeithei ponaʸria, eklexasthai to agathon; kai kataleifthaʸsetai haʸ gaʸ haʸn su fobaʸ, apo prosōpou tōn duo basileōn. )
BrTr 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.
ULT For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land will be desolate, though you fear the faces of its two kings.
UST And before that child is old enough to do that, the lands of the two kings that you are very afraid of will be deserted.
BSB For before the boy knows [enough] to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
MSB (Same as above)
OEB For ere the child will know
⇔ how to choose what is good
⇔ and to shun what is evil,
⇔ that land will be deserted
⇔ whose two kings you so dreaded.
WEBBE For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET 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.
LSV For 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.
FBV For before the boy knows to refuse evil and choose the good, the land of the two kings[fn] you're afraid of will be deserted.
7:16 Referring to king of Aram and the king of Israel.
T4T And before that child is old enough to do that, the lands of the two kings that you(sg) are very ◄afraid of/worried about► will be deserted.
LEB No LEB ISA book available
BBE 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.
Moff No Moff ISA book available
JPS 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.
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.
DRA For 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.
YLT 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.
Drby For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken.
RV For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.
(For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou/you abhorrest shall be forsaken. )
SLT 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.
Wbstr 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.
KJB-1769 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.
(For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou/you abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. )
KJB-1611 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.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps No Bshps ISA book available
Gnva For 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.
(For afore the child shall have knowledge to eschew the evil, and to choose the good, the land, that thou/you abhorrest, shall be forsaken of both her Kings. )
Cvdl No Cvdl ISA book available
Wycl No Wycl ISA book available
Luth No Luth ISA book available
ClVg Quia antequam sciat puer reprobare malum et eligere bonum, derelinquetur terra quam tu detestaris a facie duorum regum suorum.[fn]
(Because before sciat child reprobare evil and eligere good, derelinquetur earth/land how you(sg) detestaris from face tworum of_kings of_his_own. )
7.16 Derelinquetur, etc. ID. quasi diceret: Terra Syriæ et Samariæ ab invocatione nominis ejus vastabitur, et domus Juda a duobus regibus liberabitur.
7.16 Derelinquetur, etc. ID. as_if would_say: Terra Syriæ and Samaria away invocatione of_the_name his vesseltabitur, and home Yuda from twobus kings will_deliverur.
RP-GNT No RP-GNT ISA book available
7:1-25 At one point in his reign, Ahaz found himself in a crisis. The leaders of Syria and Israel attacked Judah. They planned to replace Ahaz and force Judah to join them in their resistance against Assyria. Ahaz responded by calling Assyria in to help him (2 Kgs 16:7-10), thus refusing Isaiah’s challenge to trust the Lord instead (Isa 7:12). Although the Assyrians squelched the alliance of Syria and Israel, leading to the eventual downfall of both those nations, they also soon set their sights on total domination of Judah.
Fearing People
God had promised to be with his people in the face of opposition (see, e.g., Deut 20:1-4; Josh 1:9); as long as they remained committed to him, they had no reason to fear others. Israel’s history demonstrated this reality (see Exod 14:10-31; Josh 10:9-14). But for those who look elsewhere for peace and security, God can be a stumbling stone rather than a source of safety (Isa 8:14).
During the reign of King Ahaz of Judah, when the king heard that Syria and Israel had allied against him, he trembled in fear (Isa 7:2). The Lord encouraged him to be a man of faith, because without faith he could not expect the Lord’s protection (7:9). However, Ahaz refused to trust the Lord. Rather, he turned to the Assyrians for help. As a result, the Lord became a trap for him, as well as for all Israel and Judah (8:11-15).
One of the purposes of Isaiah’s message was to highlight the contrast between faith and fear. We see Ahaz as an example of fear. We then see Hezekiah as an imperfect example of faith (see ch 37). Isaiah himself provides a better example of faith (ch 8). Finally, God’s servant stands as the ideal example of faith (42:1-7; 50:4-7).
Jesus instructed his followers not to fear those who threaten them—even those who wish to kill them (Matt 10:26-31). The same God who is aware of the happenings of each individual sparrow and who knows the number of hairs on a person’s head will be with those who trust in him. Such trust has been demonstrated by believers throughout history who have rejected the fear of what others can do to them—even to the point of martyrdom (see Acts 6:8–7:60).
Those who do not commit themselves wholly to God will live in fear of others. But those who rely on the Lord will be able to overcome such fear, recognizing the temporality of human foes and the enduring sovereignty of God.
Passages for Further Study
Num 14:1-12; 21:34-35; Josh 1:9; 2 Kgs 16:5-18; 2 Chr 28:16-23; Ps 23:4; Prov 29:25; Isa 7:1-25; 41:10; 51:7-8, 12-13; 54:4; 57:11; Jer 10:5; 30:10; 46:27-28
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
(Occurrence 0) refuse the evil and choose the good
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when in/on/at/with,before knows the,boy reject in/on/at/with,evil and,choose in/on/at/with,good abandoned the=soil which/who you(ms) dread from=face/in_front_of two_of kings_of,her )
Here “the evil” and “the good” refer to evil and good things in general. See how you translated this in [Isaiah 7:15](../07/15.md). Alternate translation: “refuse to do evil deeds and choose to do good deeds”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / you
(Occurrence 0) you dread
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when in/on/at/with,before knows the,boy reject in/on/at/with,evil and,choose in/on/at/with,good abandoned the=soil which/who you(ms) dread from=face/in_front_of two_of kings_of,her )
“you fear.” Here “you” is singular and refers to Ahaz.