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Brenton's Septuagint
Isaiah 11:8
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Even snakes will not hurt people. Babies will be able to play near a cobra's hole and put their hands into the nest of a poisonous snake.
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.
And the nursing child shall play on the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
A baby will be able to play near a cobra's hole, and a child will be able to put his hand into the nest of a poisonous snake.
A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the nest of a serpent an infant will put his hand.
And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the den of the basilisk.
The sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
And the nursing child will [safely] play over the hole of the cobra, And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den [and not be hurt].
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
And a yonge soukyng child fro the tete schal delite on the hole of a snake, and he that is wenyd schal putte his hond in the caue of a cocatrice.
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.
The infant will play by the cobra's den, and the toddler will reach into the viper's nest.
Little children will play near snake holes. They will stick their hands into dens of poisonous snakes and never be hurt.
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.
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.
An infant will play on a cobra's hole, a toddler put his hand in a viper's nest.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the viper's den.
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.
And the sucking childe shall play on the hole of the aspe, and the weaned childe shall put his hand on the cockatrice denne.
The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra. And another child will put his hand in the hole of a snake whose bite is poison.
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder's den.
And the sucking childe shall play vpon the hole of the aspe, and the wained childe shall put his hand vpon the cockatrice hole.
And the suckling child shall play with the serpent, and the weaned child shall put his hand into the hole of the asp.
And the sucking child shall caress over the hole of the asp, Yea over the vipers den, hath the weaned child stretched out his hand:
And the sucking child shall play on other hole of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust his hand into the den of the basilisk.
The sucking child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
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.
Even a baby will not be harmed if it plays near a poisonous snake.
An infant will play beside the cobra’s pit,and a toddler will put his hand into a snake’s den.
The sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
And an infant shall play over a serpent's hole, and a toddler shall put his hand on a viper's hole.
And the infant shall play on the hole of the asp; yea, the weaned child shall put his hand on the viper's den.
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.
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.
The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.
The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper's den.
The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.
And the nursing baby will play by the hole of the cobra,And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
cockatrice': or, adder's, Isaiah 59:5, Psalms 140:3
Reciprocal: Psalms 58:4 - the deaf Isaiah 14:29 - cockatrice Luke 10:19 - I give
Cross-References
And to Heber were born two sons, the name of the one, Phaleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother Jektan.
These are the tribes of the sons of Noe, according to their generations, according to their nations: of them were the islands of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood.
And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.
On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.
Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, and their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the angels of God.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp,.... Without fear or danger:
and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den; and suffer no damage: the meaning is explained in the next words, and to be understood of regenerate persons, both of new born babes, or just born, and all such who are weaned from their own righteousness, and live by faith on Christ, who shall not be hurt by the poison of false teachers, nor by the force of violent persecutors, now no more,
See Gill (Editor's note) on "Isa 11:6".
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And the sucking child - An emblem here of harmlessness and innocence. The change in the world, under the Messiah, shall be as great as if a sucking infant should be able to play unharmed with a venomous serpent.
Shall play - Shall delight himself (ש×עש××¢ shıÌâaÌshaâ) as children usually engage in their sports; compare Proverbs 8:30-31; Psalms 119:24.
On the hole of the asp - Over, or around the cavern, hole, or place of retreat of the asp. He shall play over that place as safely as if the nature of the asp was changed, and it had become innocuous. The Hebrew word rendered here âaspâ (×¤×ª× pethen) denotes the serpent usually called the asp, whose poison is of such rapid operation that it kills almost instantly: see Job 20:14, Job 20:16; Psalms 58:4; Psalms 91:13; Deuteronomy 32:33. The word occurs in no other places in the Old Testament. This serpent is small. It is found particularly in Egypt, though also in other places; see the note at Job 20:14. It is used here as the emblem of the more sudden, malignant, and violent passions; and the idea is, that under the Messiah a change would be performed in people of malignant and deadly passions as signal âas ifâ the asp or adder were to lose his venom, and become innocuous to a child.
And the weaned child - But still, a young and helpless child. The image is varied, but the same idea is retained.
Shall put his hand - That is, he shall do it safely, or uninjured.
On the cockatriceâ den - Margin, âAdderâs.â The word rendered here âcockatriceâ (צפע×× × tsıÌpâoÌnıÌy) occurs only in the fellowing places: Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 11:8; Isaiah 59:5; Proverbs 23:32; Jeremiah 8:17. In all these places, it is rendered cockatrice, except in Proverbs 23:32. The âcockatriceâ was a fabulous kind of serpent, supposed to be hatched from the egg of a cock. The serpent here designated is, doubtless, a species of the âadder,â more venomous, perhaps, than the ×¤×ª× pethen, but still belonging to the same species. Bochart (âHieroz.â P. ii. lib. iii. ch. ix.) supposes that the âbasiliskâ is intended - a species of serpent that, he says, was supposed to poison even with its breath. The general idea is the same here as above. It is in vain to attempt to spiritualize these expressions, and to show that they refer to certain individuals, or that the animals here designated refer to particular classes of the enemies of the gospel. It is a mere poetic description, denoting great peace and security; and all the changes in the mad, malignant, and envenomed passions of people, that may be necessary to produce and perpetuate that peace. Pope has versified this description in the following beautiful manner:
The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead,
And boys, in flowery bands, the tigers lead.
The steer and lion at one crib shall meet,
And harmless serpents lick the pilgrimâs feet.
The smiling infant in his hand shall take
The crested basilisk, and speckled snake;
Pleased, the green luster of the scales survey,
And, with their forked tongue, shall innocently play.
Messiah.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 11:8. The cockatrice' den. — This is supposed, both by the Targum and by Kimchi, to mean the pupil of this serpent's eye. "When," says Kimchi, "he is in the mouth of his den, in an obscure place, then his eyes sparkle exceedingly: the child, seeing this, and supposing it to be a piece of crystal, or precious stone, puts forth his hand to take it. What would be very dangerous at another time, shall be safe in the days of the Messiah; for the serpent will not hurt the child."
