KJV King James Version
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
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Isaiah 11:6
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
WEB World English Bible
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
ASV American Standard Version
And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling are together, And a little youth is leader over them.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 11
3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
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וְגָ֤רH1481 · gurto sojournזְאֵב֙H2061 · ze.evwolfעִם־H5973 · imwithכֶּ֔בֶשׂH3532 · ke.ve.slambוְנָמֵ֖רH5246 · na.merleopardעִם־H5973 · imwithגְּדִ֣יH1423 · ge.dikidיִרְבָּ֑ץH7257 · ra.vatsto stretchוְעֵ֨גֶלH5695 · e.gelcalfוּכְפִ֤ירH3715 · ke.phirlionוּמְרִיא֙H4806 · me.rifatlingיַחְדָּ֔וH3162 · ya.chadunitednessוְנַ֥עַרH5288 · na.aryouthקָטֹ֖ןH6996 · qa.tansmallנֹהֵ֥גH5090 · na.hagto leadבָּֽם׃H9038 · hemthem
Cross-references
Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust [shall be] the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.Hosea 2:18And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and [with] the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.Ezekiel 34:25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.Revelation 5:9-10And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;Galatians 3:26-27For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.Colossians 3:3-8For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.Titus 3:3-5For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.1 Corinthians 6:9-11Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,Ephesians 4:22-32That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;Acts 9:13-20Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:2 Corinthians 5:14-21For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:Philemon 1:9-16Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech [thee], being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
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