Deuteronomy 14:19

Green's Literal Translation

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

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.

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 sons to Jehovah your God; you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. ² For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God; and Jehovah has chosen you to be a people to Him, a special treasure out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. ³ You shall not eat any abominable thing. ⁴ These are the animals which you shall eat: the ox, the flocked sheep, and the flocked goat, ⁵ the hart and gazelle, and roe deer, and wild goat, and antelope, and oryx, and moufflon. ⁶ And you may eat every animal that divides the hoof, and divides two hoofs wholly, and chews the cud among the animals. ⁷ But you shall not eat of those that only chew the cud, or those only dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rock badger; for they chew the cud but do not divide the hoof. They shall be unclean to you. ⁸ And the swine, because it divides the hoof, but does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead body. ⁹ These you shall eat of all in the waters: you shall eat all that have fins and scales. ¹⁰ And whatever does not have fins and scales, you shall not eat. It shall be unclean to you.

Bible Verse Review
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Leviticus 11:20-23, Philippians 3:19

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 15:10 - because

Cross-References

Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in the hills of Seir, as far as the oak of Paran, which is by the wilderness.

Genesis 14:7
And they turned back and came to Enmishpat which is Kadesh, and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Thamar.

Genesis 14:9
with Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal the king of the nations, and Amraphel the king of Shinar, and Arioch the king of Ellasar; four kings with the five.

Genesis 14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother, and also the women and the people.

Genesis 14:22
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the most high God, the possessor of Heaven and earth,

Genesis 14:23
that I will not take from all that is yours, from a thread to a shoe latchet, and that you may not say, I have made Abram rich.

Genesis 27:4
And make for me delicious things, such as I love, and bring to me, and I will eat; so that my soul may bless you before I die.

Genesis 47:7
And Joseph brought in his father Jacob and placed him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Genesis 47:10
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

Genesis 49:28
All these were the tribes of Israel, two and ten. And this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them, each one with what was according to his blessing, he blessed them.

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.