Isaiah 11:9 “They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the ea…”

Isaiah 11:9

They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

World English Bible

They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

American Standard Version

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then shall none hurt nor destroy in all the mountaine of mine holines: for the earth shalbe full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters that couer the sea.

Darby Translation

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

Young's Literal Translation

Evil they do not, nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For full hath been the earth with the knowledge of Jehovah, As the waters are covering the sea.

Bible in Basic English

There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain: for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.

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Cross references

“not hurt”

Micah 4:2–4 Job 5:23 Revelation 21:27 Isaiah 11:13 Isaiah 2:4 Isaiah 35:9

Micah 4:2–4 · BSB

And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and…

Job 5:23 · BSB

For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

Revelation 21:27 · BSB

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Isaiah 11:13 · BSB

Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.

Isaiah 2:4 · BSB

Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train an…

Isaiah 35:9 · BSB

No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.

“for the”

Habakkuk 2:14 Isaiah 60:1–22 Isaiah 59:19 Psalm 72:19 Isaiah 49:6 Psalm 22:27–31

Habakkuk 2:14 · BSB

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

Isaiah 60:1–22 · BSB

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

Isaiah 59:19 · BSB

So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.

Psalm 72:19 · BSB

And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.

Isaiah 49:6 · BSB

He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the ea…

Psalm 22:27–31 · BSB

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

Also

Isaiah 52:10 Isaiah 45:6

Isaiah 52:10 · BSB

The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

Isaiah 45:6 · BSB

so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.

10On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

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