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Clean and Unclean Animals

Leviticus 11:20

In 11 translations

BSB
All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
KJV
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
WEB
“‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.
ASV
All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.
LSV
Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four [legs]—it [is] an abomination to you.
YLT
'Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four — an abomination it [is] to you.
DBY
Every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four shall be an abomination unto you.
DRC
Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth upon four feet, shall be abominable to you.
GNV
Also euery foule that creepeth and goeth vpon all foure, such shalbe an abomination vnto you.
JPS
All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you.
LXXE
And all winged creatures that creep, which go upon four feet, are abominations to you.

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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
כֹּ֚ל שֶׁ֣רֶץ הָע֔וֹף הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֑ע שֶׁ֥קֶץ ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ πάντα τὰ ἑρπετὰ τῶν πετεινῶν, ἃ πορεύεται ἐπὶ τέσσαρα, βδελύγματά ἐστιν ὑμῖν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Jude 1:19These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.
  • 2 Kings 17:28–41Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD. Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the…
  • Philippians 3:18–19For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds…
  • Deuteronomy 14:19All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
  • Leviticus 11:27All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
  • Jude 1:10These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
  • Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
  • 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
  • 1 John 2:15–17Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is…
  • Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
  • Leviticus 11:23All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

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

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • Content check: this verse spans KJV Lev.11.20 and Lev.11.21 (overlap 0.17 / 0.40).

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