Deuteronomy 14:19

THE MESSAGE

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

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.

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

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.

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

Contextual Overview

¹You are children of God , your God, so don't mutilate your bodies or shave your heads in funeral rites for the dead. You only are a people holy to God , your God; God chose you out of all the people on Earth as his cherished personal treasure. ³Don't eat anything abominable. These are the animals you may eat: ox, sheep, goat, deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, mountain sheep—any animal that has a cloven hoof and chews the cud. But you may not eat camels, rabbits, and rock badgers because they chew the cud but they don't have a cloven hoof—that makes them ritually unclean. And pigs: Don't eat pigs—they have a cloven hoof but don't chew the cud, which makes them ritually unclean. Don't even touch a pig's carcass. ⁹This is what you may eat from the water: anything that has fins and scales. But if it doesn't have fins or scales, you may not eat it. It's ritually unclean. ¹¹You may eat any ritually clean bird. These are the exceptions, so don't eat these: eagle, vulture, black vulture, kite, falcon, the buzzard family, the raven family, ostrich, nighthawk, the hawk family, little owl, great owl, white owl, pelican, osprey, cormorant, stork, the heron family, hoopoe, bat. ¹⁹Winged insects are ritually unclean; don't eat them. But ritually clean winged creatures are permitted. ²¹ Because you are a people holy to God , your God, don't eat anything that you find dead. You can, though, give it to a foreigner in your neighborhood for a meal or sell it to a foreigner. Don't boil a kid in its mother's milk.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 11:20-23, Philippians 3:19

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 15:10 - because

Cross-References

Genesis 14:22
But Abram told the king of Sodom, "I swear to God , The High God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, this solemn oath, that I'll take nothing from you, not so much as a thread or a shoestring. I'm not going to have you go around saying, ‘I made Abram rich.' Nothing for me other than what the young men ate and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; they're to get their share of the plunder."

Genesis 47:7
Next Joseph brought his father Jacob in and introduced him to Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Pharaoh asked Jacob, "How old are you?"

Genesis 49:28
All these are the tribes of Israel, the twelve tribes. And this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one with his own special farewell blessing.

Ruth 3:10
He said, " God bless you, my dear daughter! What a splendid expression of love! And when you could have had your pick of any of the young men around. And now, my dear daughter, don't you worry about a thing; I'll do all you could want or ask. Everybody in town knows what a courageous woman you are—a real prize! You're right, I am a close relative to you, but there is one even closer than I am. So stay the rest of the night. In the morning, if he wants to exercise his customary rights and responsibilities as the closest covenant redeemer, he'll have his chance; but if he isn't interested, as God lives, I'll do it. Now go back to sleep until morning."

Psalms 24:1
A David Psalm God claims Earth and everything in it, God claims World and all who live on it. He built it on Ocean foundations, laid it out on River girders.

Micah 6:6
How can I stand up before God and show proper respect to the high God? Should I bring an armload of offerings topped off with yearling calves? Would God be impressed with thousands of rams, with buckets and barrels of olive oil? Would he be moved if I sacrificed my firstborn child, my precious baby, to cancel my sin?

Matthew 11:25
Abruptly Jesus broke into prayer: "Thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You've concealed your ways from sophisticates and know-it-alls, but spelled them out clearly to ordinary people. Yes, Father, that's the way you like to work."

Luke 10:21
At that, Jesus rejoiced, exuberant in the Holy Spirit. "I thank you, Father, Master of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the know-it-alls and showed them to these innocent newcomers. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way.

Ephesians 1:3
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved 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.