Catholic Public Domain Version
"He will eat butter and honey, so that he may know to reject evil and to choose good. "
— Isaiah 7:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.”
“Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good. ”
“He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.”
“He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.”
“He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.”
“Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.”
“Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.”
And Ahaz said, “I will not ask, for I will not tempt the Lord.”
And he said: “Then listen, O house of David. Is it such a small thing for you to trouble men, that you must also trouble my God?
For this reason, the Lord himself will grant to you a sign. Behold, a virgin will conceive, and she will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.
He will eat butter and honey, so that he may know to reject evil and to choose good.
But even before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the land that you detest will be abandoned by the face of her two kings.
The Lord will lead over you, and over your people, and over the house of your father, such days as have not occurred since the days of the separation of Ephraim from Judah by the king of the Assyrians.
And this shall be in that day: the Lord will call for the fly, which is in the most distant parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the swarm, which is in the land of Assur.