Isaiah Chapter 7 verse 15 Holy Bible
Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
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Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.
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Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
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Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
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He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
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Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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 ...HebrewBy the time He knows [enough]לְדַעְתּ֛וֹ (lə·ḏa‘·tōw)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 3045: To knowto rejectמָא֥וֹס (mā·’ō·ws)Verb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteStrong's 3988: To spurn, to disappearevilבָּרָ֖ע (bā·rā‘)Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 7451: Bad, eviland chooseוּבָח֥וֹר (ū·ḇā·ḥō·wr)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteStrong's 977: To try, selectgood,בַּטּֽוֹב׃ (baṭ·ṭō·wḇ)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, goodHe will be eatingיֹאכֵ֑ל (yō·ḵêl)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 398: To eatcurdsחֶמְאָ֥ה (ḥem·’āh)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 2529: Curdled milk, cheeseand honey.וּדְבַ֖שׁ (ū·ḏə·ḇaš)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1706: Honey, syrupJump to PreviousButter Choose Curd Curds Decision Eat Enough Evil Fix Food Good Honey Refuse Reject Right Time Wrong
