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Clean and Unclean Animals

Deuteronomy 14:19

In 11 translations

BSB
All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
KJV
And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
WEB
All winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten.
ASV
And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
LSV
And every teeming thing which is flying—it [is] unclean to you; they are not eaten;
YLT
and every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it [is] to you; they are not eaten;
DBY
And every winged crawling thing shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.
DRC
Every thing that creepeth, and hath little wings, shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten.
GNV
And euery creeping thing that flieth, shall be vncleane vnto you: it shall not be eaten.
JPS
And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.
LXXE
All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; ye shall not eat of them.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְכֹל֙ שֶׁ֣רֶץ הָע֔וֹף טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶ֑ם לֹ֖א יֵאָכֵֽלוּ׃
LXX-Br
Πάντα τὰ ἑρπετὰ τῶν πετεινῶν ἀκάθαρτά ἐστιν ὑμῖν· οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 11:20–23All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.…
  • Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 14:18 in some Bibles
  • Mapping unverified: STEPBible TVTMS has rules for this verse in this edition's tradition that would place it elsewhere, but their tests did not match this edition.

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