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Isaiah 11:8
Isaiah 11:8 is verse 8 of Isaiah chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
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.
World English Bible
The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
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Isaiah 11:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
10 On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 59:5They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah