Isaiah 11:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

The nursing child shall play near the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the viper's den.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The nursing child will play near the cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the sucking child{H3243} shall play{H8173} on the hole{H2352} of the asp,{H6620} and the weaned child{H1580} shall put{H1911} his hand{H3027} on the adder's{H6848} den.{H3975}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the sucking child{H3243}{(H8802)} shall play{H8173}{(H8773)} on the hole{H2352} of the asp{H6620}, and the weaned child{H1580}{(H8803)} shall put{H1911}{(H8804)} his hand{H3027} on the cockatrice{H6848}' den{H3975}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The childe whyle he sucketh, shal haue a desyre to the serpentes nest, and whe he is weened, he shal put his hande in to the Cockatryce denne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the sucking childe shall play vpon the hole of the aspe, and the wained childe shall put his hand vpon the cockatrice hole.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The chylde whyle he sucketh shall haue a desire to the serpentes nest, and when he is weaned, he shall put his hande into the Cockatrice denne.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The nursing child will play near a cobra's hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the nest of a serpent an infant will put his hand.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
  • Isa 59:5 : 5 They hatch viper’s eggs and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies, and what is crushed breaks out into a viper.

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  • Ps 91:12-13
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  • 17 For behold, I will send serpents, vipers, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the LORD.

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  • 38 They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions' cubs.

  • 15 And forgets that a foot may crush them, or that a wild beast may break them.

  • 24 They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

  • 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

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    13 And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and brambles in its fortresses: and it shall be a habitation for dragons, and a court for owls.

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  • 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth; they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of you.

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  • 7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

  • 9 Happy shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.

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