Deuteronomy 14 · Verse 9

Deuteronomy 14:9

These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
Deuteronomy 14:9, King James Version

Deuteronomy 14:9 in other translations

BSBOf all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
WEBThese you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat whatever has fins and scales.
ASVThese ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;
YLT‘This ye do eat of all that are in the waters; all that hath fins and scales ye do eat;
DARBYThese shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales shall ye eat;
BBEAnd of the things living in the waters, you may take all those who have wings for swimming with and skins formed of thin plates.
WebsterThese ye shall eat, of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

What does Deuteronomy 14:9 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 14:9 in the original Hebrew

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אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
זֶה֙zehthisH2088
תֹּֽאכְל֔וּto.khe.Luyou will eatH398
מִכֹּ֖לmi.Kolfrom allH3605
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherthatH834
בַּמָּ֑יִםba.Ma.yim[is] in the waterH4325
כֹּ֧לkolallH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
ל֛וֹlo[belongs] to <the> it
סְנַפִּ֥ירse.na.PirfinH5579
וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂתve.kas.Ke.setand scaleH7193
תֹּאכֵֽלוּ\׃to.Khe.luyou will eatH398

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 14:9

  • Leviticus 11:9-12

    These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 14:8

    And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

  • 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.

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Deuteronomy 14:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Esto comeréis de todo lo que está en el agua: todo lo que tiene aleta y escama comeréis;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Vous mangerez de ceci, d’entre tout ce qui est dans les eaux: vous mangerez tout ce qui a des nageoires et des écailles,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dieses sollt ihr essen von allem, was in den Wassern ist: alles, was Floßfedern und Schuppen hat, sollt ihr essen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc comedetis ex omnibus quæ morantur in aquis: quæ habent pinnulas et squamas, comedite: