Isaiah 11:8

And the yonek (sucking infant) 1 shall play on the hole of the cobra, 1 and the weaned child shall put his yad 1 in the viperʼs me'urah (hole). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

7And the parah (cow) and the dov (bear) shall feed together; 1 their yeladim shall lie down together; 1 and the aryeh shall eat teven (straw) like the ox. 1

9They shall not hurt nor destroy 1 in all My Har Kodesh; 1 for ha'aretz shall be full of the da'as Hashem, 1 as the mayim cover the sea.

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Cross References

Job 5:23For thou shalt be in league with the avanim of the sadeh, 1 and the chayyat sadeh shall be hashelemah (at peace) with thee. 1

Isaiah 59:5They hatch the beytzim (eggs) of the tzifoni (viper, poisonous snake), 1 and weave the webs of the akavish (spider); 1 he that eateth of their beytzim (eggs) dieth, 1 and of that which is cracked open, an efeh (kind of poisonous snake) is hatched. 1

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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