Isaiah 11:8

A baby will play over the hole of the snake, 1 and the weaned child will put his hand on the serpent's den. 1

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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 cow and the bear will graze together, and their young will lie down together. 1 The lion will eat straw like the ox. 1

9They will not hurt nor destroy on all my holy mountain; 1 for the earth will be full of knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.

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Cross References

Job 5:23For you will have a covenant with the stones in your field, 1 and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you. 1

Isaiah 59:5They hatch eggs of a poisonous snake and weave a spider's web. 1 Whoever eats of their eggs dies, and if an egg is crushed, it hatches into a poisonous snake. 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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