Isaiah 11 · Verse 7

Isaiah 11:7

And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

Isaiah 11:7, King James Version

Isaiah 11:7 in other translations

BSB	The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
WEB	The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.
ASV	And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
YLT	And cow and bear do feed, Together lie down their young ones, And a lion as an ox eateth straw.
DARBY	And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
BBE	And the cow and the bear will be friends while their young ones are sleeping together.
Webster	And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

What does Isaiah 11:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. feed--namely, "together"; taken from the second clause. straw--no longer flesh and blood.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 7 In this verse a word is omitted in the text, יחדו yachdav, together; which ought to be repeated in the second hemistich, being quite necessary to the sense. It is accordingly twice expressed by the Septuagint and Syriac.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 11:1-9

The peaceful character of Christ's kingdom and subjects. (Is. 11:1-9) The conversion of the Gentiles and Jews. (Is. 11:10-16) Verses 1-9 The Messiah is called a Rod, and a Branch. The words signify a small, tender product; a shoot, such as is easily broken off. He comes forth out of the stem of Jesse; when the royal family was cut down and almost levelled with the ground, it would sprout again. The house of David…

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Isaiah 11:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּפָרָ֤הu.fa.Rahand cowH6510

וָדֹב֙va.Doand bearH1677

תִּרְעֶ֔ינָהtir.'Ei.nahthey will grazeH7462

יַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavtogetherH3162

יִרְבְּצ֣וּyir.be.Tzuthey will lie downH7257

יַלְדֵיהֶ֑ןyal.dei.Henyoung theirH3206

וְאַרְיֵ֖הve.'ar.Yehand [the] lionH738

כַּבָּקָ֥רka.ba.Karlike the oxH1241

יֹֽאכַל\־yo.khal-it will eatH398

תֶּֽבֶן\׃Te.venstrawH8401

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

Isaiah 11:6
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 11:7
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
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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Isaiah 11:7 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	La vaca y la osa pacerán, sus crías se echarán juntas; y el león como el buey comerá paja.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	La vache paîtra avec l’ourse, leurs petits coucheront l’un près de l’autre, et le lion mangera de la paille comme le bœuf.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Kuh und Bärin werden miteinander weiden, ihre Jungen zusammen lagern; und der Löwe wird Stroh fressen wie das Rind.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Vitulus et ursus pascentur, simul requiescent catuli eorum; et leo quasi bos comedet paleas.