Deuteronomy 14 · Verse 10

Deuteronomy 14:10

And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
Deuteronomy 14:10, King James Version

Deuteronomy 14:10 in other translations

BSBbut you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
WEBYou shall not eat whatever doesn’t have fins and scales. It is unclean to you.
ASVand whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.
YLTand anything which hath not fins and scales ye do not eat; unclean it is to you.
DARBYbut whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat: it shall be unclean unto you.
BBEBut any which have no skin-plates or wings for swimming, you may not take; they are unclean for you.
WebsterAnd whatever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean to you.

What does Deuteronomy 14:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:1-21

Moses tells the people of Israel how God had given them three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual blessings in heavenly things, with which God has in Christ blessed us. Here is election; "The Lord hath chosen thee." He did not choose them because they were by their own acts a peculiar people to him above other nations, but he chose them that they might be so by his…

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Deuteronomy 14:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכֹ֨לve.Kholand allH3605
אֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.SherthatH834
אֵֽין\־'ein-notH369
ל֛וֹlo[belongs] to <the> it
סְנַפִּ֥ירse.na.PirfinH5579
וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂתve.kas.Ke.setand scaleH7193
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תֹאכֵ֑לוּto.Khe.luyou will eatH398
טָמֵ֥אta.Me'[is] uncleanH2931
ה֖וּאhu'itH1931
לָכֶֽם\׃\ \סla.Khemto <the> you

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Deuteronomy 14:9

    These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

  • Deuteronomy 14:10

    And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.

  • Deuteronomy 14:11

    Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

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Deuteronomy 14:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas todo lo que no tuviere aleta y escama, no comeréis: inmundo os será.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et vous ne mangerez pas ce qui n’a point de nageoires et d’écailles; cela vous est impur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
aber alles, was keine Floßfedern und Schuppen hat, sollt ihr nicht essen: unrein soll es euch sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quæ absque pinnulis et squamis sunt, ne comedatis, quia immunda sunt.