King James Version

Isaiah 11:8

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

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וְשִֽׁעֲשַׁ֥עveshiashaand dandleשָׁעַעconjunction, verb, pilpel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dandle”, a completed action in a sequenceH8173(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. starecry (out) (by confusion with H7768 (שָׁוַע)), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.יוֹנֵ֖קyoneqsuckיָנַקverb, qal, participle, absolute — “suck”, a verb used as a describing wordH3243to suck; causatively, to give milkmilch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…חֻ֣רchurholeחוּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “hole”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2352the crevice of a serpent; the cell of aprisonhole.פָּ֑תֶןpatenadderפֶּתֶןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “adder”, the ordinary formH6620an asp (from its contortions)adder.וְעַל֙vealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מְאוּרַ֣תmeuratdenמְאוּרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “den”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3975something lighted, i.e. an aperture; by implication, a crevice or hole (of a serpent)den.צִפְעוֹנִ֔יtsifoniadderצֶפַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “adder”, the ordinary formH6848a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)adder, cockatrice.גָּמ֖וּלgamulrequiteגָּמַלverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “requite”, a verb used as a describing wordH1580to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to weanbestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, [phrase] serve, mean, yield.יָד֥וֹyadvohandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […הָדָֽהhadahputהָדָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “put”, a completed actionH1911to stretch forth the handput.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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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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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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.

Douay-Rheims

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust his hand into the den of the basilisk.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And an infant shall put his hand on the holes of asps, and on the nest of young asps.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ παιδίον νήπιον ἐπὶ τρωγλῶν ἀσπίδων, καὶ ἐπὶ κοίτην ἐκγόνων ἀσπίδων τὴν χεῖρα ἐπιβαλεῖ.