World English Bible
Isaiah 11:8
“The nursing child will play near a cobra's hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.”
Verse in context — Isaiah 11
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child will play near a cobra's hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.
They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
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