King James Version
Isaiah 7:21 in the King James Version says “And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;”
Isaiah 7:21 · KJV
And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. bushes: or, commendable trees
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
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. the land: Heb. the midst of the land
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And it shall come to pass in that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“shall nourish”
H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
“that a man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“a young”
H1241a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
“sheep”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
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