Deuteronomy 14 · Verse 19

Deuteronomy 14:19

And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
Deuteronomy 14:19, King James Version

Deuteronomy 14:19 in other translations

BSBAll flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
WEBAll winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten.
ASVAnd all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
YLTand every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it is to you; they are not eaten;
DARBYAnd every winged crawling thing shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.
BBEEvery winged thing which goes flat on the earth is unclean to you and may not be used as food.
WebsterAnd every creeping animal that flieth is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

What does Deuteronomy 14:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 14:11-20

De 14:11-20. Of Birds. 11-20. Of all clean birds ye shall eat--(See on Le 11:21).

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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 14:19 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.

וְכֹל֙ve.Kholand everyH3605
שֶׁ֣רֶץShe.retz<the> swarming thing ofH8318
הָע֔וֹףha.'ofthe insectH5775
טָמֵ֥אta.Me'[is] uncleanH2931
ה֖וּאhu'itH1931
לָכֶ֑םla.Khemto <the> you
לֹ֖אlo'notH3808
יֵאָכֵֽלוּ\׃ye.'a.Khe.luthey will be eatenH398

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 14:19

  • Philippians 3:19

    Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

  • Leviticus 11:20-23

    All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

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Le 11:20-23; Php 3:19

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 14:18

    And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

  • Deuteronomy 14:19

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

  • Deuteronomy 14:20

    But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

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Deuteronomy 14:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y todo reptil alado os será inmundo: no se comerá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et tout reptile volant vous sera impur; on n’en mangera pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und alles geflügelte Gewürm soll euch unrein sein; es soll nicht gegessen werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et omne quod reptat et pennulas habet, immundum erit, et non comedetur.