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Isaiah 11:8

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8And an infante shall play over a serpent’s hole,

and a toddlerf shall put his hand on a viper’s hole.

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Footnotes

  1. eLiterally “one nursing”
  2. fLiterally “one who is weaned”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,

and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The infant will play near the cobra’s den,

the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

An infant will play beside the cobra’s pit,

and a toddler will put his hand into a snake’s den.

NLTNew Living Translation

The baby will play safely near the hole of a cobra.

Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes without harm.

KJV 1900King 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.