Isaiah 11:8

And the sucking child shall caress over the hole of the asp, Yea over the viper’s den, hath the weaned child stretched out his hand:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 cow, with the bear shall find pasture, Together, shall their young ones, lie down,—And, the lion, like the ox, shall eat straw;

9They shall not hurt—nor destroy, in all my holy mountain,—For filled is the land with the knowledge of Yahweh, As the waters, to the sea, form a covering.

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Cross References

Job 5:23For, with the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;

Isaiah 59:5Viper’s eggs, do they hatch, Spider’s threads, do they weave,—He that eateth of their eggs, dieth, And, that which is crushed, bringeth forth an adder;

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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