Isaiah 11:8

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust his hand into the den of the basilisk.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The 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.

In Context

7The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

9They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of the sea.

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Cross References

Job 5:23But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.

Isaiah 59:5They have broken the eggs of asps, and have woven the webs of spiders: he that shall eat of their eggs, shall die: and that which is brought out, shall be hatched into a basilisk.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 11:2-10

Prophecy of the Messiah; The Government of Messiah. ( b. c. 740.) 1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord ; 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… Read the whole commentary →

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