Isaiah 11:6-8
New English Translation
6 A wolf will reside[a] with a lamb,
and a leopard will lie down with a young goat;
an ox and a young lion will graze together,[b]
as a small child leads them along.
7 A cow and a bear will graze together,
their young will lie down together.[c]
A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.
8 A baby[d] will play
over the hole of a snake;[e]
over the nest[f] of a serpent
an infant[g] will put his hand.[h]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 11:6 tn The verb גּוּר (gur) normally refers to living as a dependent, resident foreigner in another society.
- Isaiah 11:6 tc The Hebrew text reads, “and an ox, and a young lion, and a fatling together.” Since the preceding lines refer to two animals and include a verb, many emend וּמְרִיא (umeriʾ, “and the fatling”) to an otherwise unattested verb יִמְרְאוּ (yimreʾu, “they will graze”); cf. NAB, TEV, CEV. One of the Qumran copies of Isaiah confirms this suggestion (1QIsaa). The present translation assumes this change.
- Isaiah 11:7 tn Heb “and a cow and a bear will graze—together—they will lie down, their young.” This is a case of pivot pattern; יַחְדָּו (yakhdav, “together”) goes with both the preceding and following statements.
- Isaiah 11:8 tn Heb “one sucking,” i.e., still being nursed by his mother.
- Isaiah 11:8 tn Or perhaps, “cobra” (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV); KJV, ASV, NRSV “asp.”
- Isaiah 11:8 tc The Hebrew text has the otherwise unattested מְאוּרַת (meʾurat, “place of light”), i.e., opening of a hole. Some prefer to emend to מְעָרַת (meʿarat, “cave, den”).
- Isaiah 11:8 tn Heb “one who is weaned” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).
- Isaiah 11:8 sn The transformation of the animal kingdom depicted here typifies what will occur in human society under the just rule of the ideal king (see vv. 3-5). The categories “predator-prey” (i.e., oppressor-oppressed) will no longer exist.
Isaiah 11:6-8
New International Version
6 The wolf will live with the lamb,(A)
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling[a] together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.(B)
8 The infant(C) will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s(D) nest.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 11:6 Hebrew; Septuagint lion will feed
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