Parallel Verses
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;
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,
A Conservative Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow 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;
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 [when foreign armies swarm the land] the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from the regions beyond the Euphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), [that razor will shave] the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard [leaving Judah stripped, shamed and scorned].
Cross References
Isaiah 5:17
Then the lambs will graze [among the ruins] as in their own pasture,
And strangers will eat in the desolate places of the [exiled] wealthy.
Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzaradan the [Babylonian] captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at that time.
Isaiah 7:25
As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the pick and the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place where oxen are pastured and where sheep tread.
Isaiah 17:2
“The cities of Aroer [east of the Jordan] are deserted;
They will be [only a refuge] for flocks to lie down in,
And there will be no one to make them afraid.
Isaiah 37:30
“This shall be the sign [of these things] to you [Hezekiah]: you are to eat this year