Deuteronomy 14:19

Deuteronomy 14:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
• New International Version (NIV)All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Also every creeping thing that flies is unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

Context of Deuteronomy 14:19

Some insects have wings but they walk on the ground. Insects like that are unclean food for you. You must not eat them. 20But you may eat any clean insect that has wings. 21You must not eat anything that you find dead already. You may give it to a foreign person who lives in any of your towns. He may eat it. You may give it to him or sell it to him. But you yourselves are special people who belong to the Lord your God. You must not cook a young goat in the milk from its mother.

Deuteronomy 14:19 word by word

וְכֹל֙ שֶׁ֣רֶץ הָע֔וֹף טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶ֑ם לֹ֖א יֵאָכֵֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And every creeping thingשֶׁ֫רֶץsherets · swarmH8318
• that fliethעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• unto you: they shall not be eatenאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 14:19

• Leviticus 11:20Some insects fly in the air and walk on the ground. The people must not eat them.
• Philippians 3:19In the end, God will destroy them. Their stomach is what they worship. They are proud of things that should make them ashamed. Their thoughts are full of things that belong to this world.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-21Verses 3-21 Compare 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20flying insects: Compare Leviticus 11:20–23.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2011-20. Of all clean birds ye shall eat--(See on Le 11:21).Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 14:19

• Animals
• Birds
• Creeping Things
• Insects
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Creeping Thing
• Animal
• Clean
• Cleave
• Cut
• Food
• Ashtaroth; Ashteroth-Karnaim; Beeshterah
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Deer

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings