Isaiah 11:8

And played hath a suckling by the hole of an asp, And on the den of a cockatrice Hath the weaned one put his hand.

Young's Literal Translation

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 cow and bear do feed, Together lie down their young ones, And a lion as an ox eateth straw.

9Evil they do not, nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For full hath been the earth with the knowledge of Jehovah, As the waters are covering the sea.

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Cross References

Job 5:23(For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)

Isaiah 59:5Eggs of a viper they have hatched, And webs of a spider they weave, Whoso is eating their eggs doth die, And the crushed hatcheth a viper.

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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