THE DISCREPANCY // 130
A lion resting beside a lamb is an image many people can summon immediately. Some remember that pairing as the wording of Isaiah 11:6. The referenced King James verse begins with a wolf dwelling with the lamb. A young lion still appears later in the same verse, making this a question about placement and wording rather than an animal vanishing from the whole passage.
THE IMAGE AND THE SENTENCE
Do you remember reading the words on a page, hearing them spoken or seeing the animals together in a picture? Each leaves a different kind of trace. Write the sentence you remember and add the translation if you know it. A familiar illustration can preserve a pairing without reproducing a verse word for word.
READ PAST THE FIRST PAIR
The King James reference opens with the wolf and lamb, then continues through other animals, including the young lion. Keeping the whole verse in view changes the comparison. The question is which animal belongs beside the lamb in the wording you recall. A translation, a sermon’s paraphrase and a picture caption should each keep their own identity.
THE PAGE THAT FEELS DIFFERENT
An old family Bible can make this memory unusually tangible: a particular binding, a page edge, a line someone pointed to while reading. If you still have that book, which words would you expect before opening it? Put the edition beside your recollection. The animal in the remembered sentence may feel as definite as the page on which you first imagined it.
Source trail & editions
Isaiah 11:6 — King James text ↗
Primary-text reference begins with wolf and lamb and includes the young lion later. This file does not erase that later lion or equate all translations.
Reported lion pairing — community thread ↗
First-person discussion reports remembering the lion wording in Isaiah.