Isaiah 7:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
KJV
Butyrum et mel comedet, ut sciat reprobare malum, et eligere bonum.
Vulgate
βούτυρον καὶ μέλι φάγεται πρὶν ἢ γνῶναι αὐτὸν ἢ προελέσθαι πονηρά, ἐκλέξασθαι τὸ ἀγαθόν·
LXX
Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
ASV
חֶמְאָ֥ה וּ/דְבַ֖שׁ יֹאכֵ֑ל לְ/דַעְתּ֛/וֹ מָא֥וֹס בָּ/רָ֖ע וּ/בָח֥וֹר בַּ/טּֽוֹב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
דְבָֽשׁ
dbsh
noun · 53×
חֶמְאָ֗ה
chm'h
noun · 10×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
ם
m
verb · 811×
מָאָ֔סוּ
m'sv
verb · 76×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Calvin expounds this as the great prophecy of the virgin birth of Christ. Though some have attempted to apply it solely to events in Isaiah's day, the prophet speaks of a sign so extraordinary that it can only be the supernatural conception of the…
Cross-references
- Amos 5:15 — Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
- Deut 1:39 — Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they
- Heb 5:14 — But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
- Isa 7:22 — And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
- Isa 7:22 — And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
- Isa 8:4 — For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
- Matt 3:4 — And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
- Phil 1:9 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
- Phil 1:10 — That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
- Prov 24:13 — My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: