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

17the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, 18the stork, and the heron in their kinds, and the hoopoe and the bat. And all the swarming insects with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten. 20You may eat any clean bird. 21“You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the stranger who is in your town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a stranger; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Deuteronomy 14:19 word by word

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

• And allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the swarmingשֶׁ֫רֶץsherets · swarmH8318
• with wingsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• are uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• to you; they shall not be eatenאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 14:19

• Leviticus 11:20‘All the winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
• Philippians 3:19whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who have their minds on earthly things.

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