Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow and two sheep.
New American Standard Bible
Now in that day a man may keep alive a
King James Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
Holman Bible
a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
International Standard Version
"At that time, a man will keep alive a heifer and two sheep,
American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
Amplified
Now in that day [because of the poverty caused by the invaders] a man will keep alive only a young milk cow and two sheep;
Bible in Basic English
And it will be in that day that a man will give food to a young cow and two sheep;
Darby Translation
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep,
Julia Smith Translation
And it was in, that day a man shall preserve alive a heifer of the herd, and two sheep.
King James 2000
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And this shall happen: on that day, a young man will keep a young cow of [the] herd and two sheep alive.
Modern King James verseion
And it shall be, in that day a man shall keep alive a young cow and two sheep;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
At the same time shall a man live with a cow, and two sheep.
NET Bible
At that time a man will keep alive a young cow from the herd and a couple of goats.
New Heart English Bible
It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
The Emphasized Bible
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow and two sheep.
Webster
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
World English Bible
It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
Youngs Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, in that day, A man keepeth alive a heifer of the herd, And two of the flock,
Themes
Ahaz » King of judah, son and successor of jotham » Prophecies concerning
Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denounces calamities against israel and judah
Interlinear
Yowm
Chayah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 7:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Assyria, The Lord's Instrument
20 In that day LORD will shave with a razor what is hired in the parts beyond the River, [even] with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet, and it shall also consume the beard. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow and two sheep. 22 And it shall come to pass, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter. For everyone who is left in the midst of the land shall eat butter and honey.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:17
Then the lambs shall feed as in their pasture, and wanderers shall eat the waste places of the fat ones.
Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
Isaiah 7:25
And all the hills that were dug with the mattock, thou shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.
Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They shall be for flocks, which shall lay down, and none shall make them afraid.
Isaiah 37:30
And this shall be the sign to thee. Ye shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same, and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of it.