Isaiah 11:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the basilisk's den.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And the sucking child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ A nursing child will play over the snake’s hole; toddlers will reach right over the serpent’s den.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And a breastfeeding infant will play above the lair of the asp. And a child who has been weaned will thrust his hand into the den of the king snake.

Isaiah 11:8 Cross References

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch basilisks' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

Psalm 140:3

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah

Proverbs 23:32

At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

Isaiah 11:7

And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

Isaiah 11:9

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

Isaiah 14:29

Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a basilisk, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

Job 5:23

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.