Bible verse

Isaiah 11:8

The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.

Isaiah 11:8 · BSB

Isaiah 11:8 in context

The verses around it, from Isaiah 11.

4 but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

5 Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

6 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.

7 The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

8 The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.

9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

10 On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

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Isaiah 11:8 in other translations

KJV

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.

ASV

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.

ERV

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the basilisk’s den.

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