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New King James Version

Leviticus 11:23

But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Creeping Things;   Food;   Insects;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Animals;   Beasts;   Unclean;   The Topic Concordance - Abomination;   Meat;   Uncleanness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Insects;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beasts;   Gnat;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Uncleanness;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Drink;   Gnat;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Caterpillar;   Clean, Cleanness;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Creeping Things;   Food;   Leviticus;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Sparrow;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and unclean;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abomination;   Detestable, Things;   Uncleanness;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Creeping Things;   Vegetarianism;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.
King James Version
But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
Lexham English Bible
But any other winged insect that has four legs is detestable to you.
New Century Version
But all other insects that have wings and walk on four feet you are to hate.
New English Translation
But any other winged swarming thing that has four legs is detestable to you.
Amplified Bible
'But all other winged insects which are four footed are detestable to you.
New American Standard Bible
'But all other winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But al other foules that creepe & haue foure feete, they shalbe abomination vnto you.
Legacy Standard Bible
But all other swarming things that fly and that are four-footed are detestable to you.
Complete Jewish Bible
But other than that, all winged swarming creatures having four feet are a detestable thing for you.
Darby Translation
But every winged crawling thing that hath four feet shall be an abomination unto you.
Easy-to-Read Version
"But stay away from all the other insects that have wings and crawl.
English Standard Version
But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.
George Lamsa Translation
But all other flying insects which have four feet are unclean to you.
Good News Translation
But all other small things that have wings and also crawl must be considered unclean.
Christian Standard Bible®
All other winged insects that have four feet are to be abhorrent to you.
Literal Translation
But every swarming thing which flies, which has four feet, it is unclean to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But what so euer els hath foure fete amonge the foules, it shalbe an abhominacion vnto you,
American Standard Version
But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.
Bible in Basic English
But all other winged four-footed things which go on the earth are disgusting to you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
All [other] foules that creepe and haue foure feete, shalbe abhomination vnto you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But all winged swarming things, which have four feet, are a detestable thing unto you.
King James Version (1611)
But al other flying creeping things which haue foure feet, shall be an abomination vnto you.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Every creeping thing from among the birds, which has four feet, is an abomination to you.
English Revised Version
But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.
Berean Standard Bible
All other winged creatures that have four legs are detestable to you.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe what euer thing of briddis hath foure feet oneli, it schal be abhomynable to you;
Young's Literal Translation
and every teeming thing which is flying, which hath four feet -- an abomination it [is] to you.
Update Bible Version
But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are detestable to you.
Webster's Bible Translation
But all [other] flying creeping animals, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination to you.
World English Bible
But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.
New Living Translation
All other winged insects that walk along the ground are detestable to you.
New Life Bible
But you are to hate all other bugs with wings and four feet.
New Revised Standard
But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But every other creeping thing that flieth, which hath four feet, an abomination, it is unto you;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But of flying things whatsoever hath four feet only, shall be an abomination to you.
Revised Standard Version
But all other winged insects which have four feet are an abomination to you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'But all other winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you.

Contextual Overview

20 "All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you. 21 Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth. 22 These you may eat: the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. 23 But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you. 24 "By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening; 25 whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening: 26 The carcass of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean. 27 And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening. 28 Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you. 29 "These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:20 - General Leviticus 11:27 - General Leviticus 11:41 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But all [other] flying creeping things,.... Excepting the four sorts before mentioned, wherefore we rightly supply the word "other":

which have four feet; or more; the Vulgate Latin version adds, "only", but wrongly; for those that have more are unclean, and forbidden to be eaten, excepting those in the preceding verse; and most creeping things that fly have six feet, as the locusts themselves, reckoning their leaping legs into the number; though it may be observed, that those creatures that have six feet have but four equal ones, on which they walk or creep; and the two foremost, which are longer, are as hands to them to wipe their eyes with, and protect them from anything that may fall into them and hurt them; they not being able to see clearly because of the hardness of their eyes, as Aristotle a observes, and particularly it may be remarked of the fly, as it is by Lucian b, that though it has six feet it only goes on four, using the other two foremost as hands; and therefore you may see it walking on four feet, with something eatable in its hands, lifting them up on high, just after the manner of men: now all such creatures that have four feet or more, excepting the above,

[shall be] an abomination unto you; abhorred as food, and abstained from.

a Ut supra. (Hist. Animal. l. 9. c. 6.) b De Musca.


 
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