KJV King James Version
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
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Isaiah 11:8
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
WEB World English Bible
The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
ASV American Standard Version
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And played hath a suckling by the hole of an asp, And on the den of a cockatrice Hath the weaned one put his hand.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 11
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.
10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
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