Deuteronomy 14:19

Good News Translation

"All winged insects are unclean; do not eat them.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

Hebrew Names Version
All winged creeping things are unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

King James Version
And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

Lexham English Bible
And also all of the winged insects; they are unclean for you; you shall not eat them.

English Standard Version
And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

New Century Version
All insects with wings are unclean for you; do not eat them.

New English Translation
and any winged thing on the ground are impure to you—they may not be eaten.

Amplified Bible
"And all flying insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

New American Standard Bible
"And all the swarming insects with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And euery creeping thing that flieth, shall be vncleane vnto you: it shall not be eaten.

Legacy Standard Bible
And all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.

Contemporary English Version
Swarming insects are unclean, so don't eat them.

Complete Jewish Bible
"All winged swarming creatures are unclean for you; they are not to be eaten;

Darby Translation
And every winged crawling thing shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

Easy-to-Read Version
"All insects with wings are unclean, so don't eat them.

George Lamsa Translation
But of all dean birds you shall eat.

Literal Translation
And every teeming thing that flies shall be unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And all foules yt crepe, shal be vncleane vnto you, and ye shal not eate them.

American Standard Version
And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

Bible in Basic English
Every winged thing which goes flat on the earth is unclean to you and may not be used as food.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And let euery creeping thing that fleeth, be vncleane vnto you, and not be eaten of.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

King James Version (1611)
And euery creeping thing that flyeth, is vncleane vnto you: they shall not be eaten.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; ye shall not eat of them.

English Revised Version
And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

Berean Standard Bible
All flying insects that swarm are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And al thing that crepith, and hath fynnes, schal be vncleene, and schal not be etun.

Young's Literal Translation
and every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it [is] to you; they are not eaten;

Update Bible Version
And all winged creeping things are unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

Webster's Bible Translation
And every creeping animal that flieth [is] unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

World English Bible
All winged creeping things are unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

New King James Version
"Also every creeping thing that flies is unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

New Living Translation
"All winged insects that walk along the ground are ceremonially unclean for you and may not be eaten.

New Life Bible
And all flying bugs are unclean for you. Do not eat them.

New Revised Standard
And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, as for every creeping thing that flieth, unclean, it is unto you, - they, shall not be eaten.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Every thing that creepeth, and hath little wings, shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten.

Revised Standard Version
And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

THE MESSAGE
Winged insects are ritually unclean; don't eat them. But ritually clean winged creatures are permitted.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.

Contextual Overview

¹ "You are the people of the Lord your God. So when you mourn for the dead, don't gash yourselves or shave the front of your head, as other people do. ² You belong to the Lord your God; he has chosen you to be his own people from among all the peoples who live on earth. ³ "Do not eat anything that the Lord has declared unclean. ⁴ You may eat these animals: cattle, sheep, goats, ⁵ deer, wild sheep, wild goats, or antelopes— ⁶ any animals that have divided hoofs and that also chew the cud. ⁷ But no animals may be eaten unless they have divided hoofs and also chew the cud. You may not eat camels, rabbits, or rock badgers. They must be considered unclean; they chew the cud but do not have divided hoofs. ⁸ Do not eat pigs. They must be considered unclean; they have divided hoofs but do not chew the cud. Do not eat any of these animals or even touch their dead bodies. ⁹ "You may eat any kind of fish that has fins and scales, ¹⁰ but anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales may not be eaten; it must be considered unclean.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 11:20-23, Philippians 3:19

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 15:10 - because

Cross-References

Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in the mountains of Edom, pursuing them as far as Elparan on the edge of the desert.

Genesis 14:7
Then they turned around and came back to Kadesh (then known as Enmishpat). They conquered all the land of the Amalekites and defeated the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Tamar.

Genesis 14:9
against the kings of Elam, Goiim, Babylonia, and Ellasar, five kings against four.

Genesis 14:16
and got back all the loot that had been taken. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other prisoners.

Genesis 14:22
Abram answered, "I solemnly swear before the Lord , the Most High God, Maker of heaven and earth,

Genesis 14:23
that I will not keep anything of yours, not even a thread or a sandal strap. Then you can never say, ‘I am the one who made Abram rich.'

Genesis 27:4
Cook me some of that tasty food that I like, and bring it to me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my final blessing before I die."

Genesis 47:7
Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing,

Genesis 47:10
Jacob gave the king a farewell blessing and left.

Genesis 49:28
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he spoke a suitable word of farewell to each son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean,.... Which the Targum of Jonathan thus paraphrases;

"all flies and wasps (or hornets), and worms of lentiles and of beans, which are separated from food, and fly as birds, they are unclean;''

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Leviticus 11:0. The variations here, whether omissions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and circumstances of the speaker.

Deuteronomy 14:5

The “pygarg” is a species of gazelle, and the “wild ox” and “chamois” are swift types of antelope.

Deuteronomy 14:21

The prohibition is repeated from Leviticus 22:8. The directions as to the disposal of the carcass are unique to Deuteronomy, and their motive is clear. To have forbidden the people either themselves to eat that which had died, or to allow any others to do so, would have involved loss of property, and consequent temptation to an infraction of the command. The permissions now for the first time granted would have been useless in the wilderness. During the 40 years’ wandering there could be but little opportunity of selling such carcasses; while non-Israelites living in the camp would in such a matter be bound by the same rules as the Israelites Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 24:22. Further, it would seem (compare Leviticus 17:15) that greater stringency is here given to the requirement of abstinence from that which had died of itself. Probably on this, as on so many other points, allowance was made for the circumstances of the people. Flesh meat was no doubt often scarce in the desert. It would therefore have been a hardship to forbid entirely the use of that which had not been killed. However, now that the plenty of the promised land was before them, the modified toleration of this unholy food was withdrawn.