Deuteronomy 14:19 - All winged creeping things are

Deuteronomy - 14:19

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19 All winged creeping things are unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

Verse In-Depth

Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 14:19.

Differing Translations

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KJV

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

DRA

Every thing that creepeth, and hath little wings, shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten.

DBY

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

WBT

And every creeping animal that flieth is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

YLT

and every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it is to you; they are not eaten;

AKJV

And every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

BBE

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

JPS

And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

CPDV

And anything which crawls and also has little wings shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten.

Latin

Et omne reptile alatum immundum est vobis, non comedetur.

*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.

Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

John Gill's Exposition (1746-63)

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;''See Gill on Leviticus 11:20; see Gill on Leviticus 11:21.

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