Deuteronomy 14:9

Deuteronomy 14:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Of all that are in the waters you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat all that have fins and scales.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Of all the marine animals, you may eat whatever has both fins and scales.

Context of Deuteronomy 14:9

7However, of those that chew the cud or that have a divided hoof you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the hyrax. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you. 8The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses. Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales. 10But anything that does not have fins and scales you may not eat; for you it is unclean. 11You may eat any clean bird.

Deuteronomy 14:9 word by word

אֶת־זֶה֙ תֹּֽאכְל֔וּ מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמָּ֑יִם כֹּ֧ל אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• These ye shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• in the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• all that have finsסְנַפִּירsenappîyr · finH5579
• and scalesקַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂתqaώqeώeth · scaleH7193

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 14:9

• Leviticus 11:9“ ‘Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams you may eat any that have fins and scales.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14:9

• 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. 1-21See “Clean, Unclean, and Holy” Theme Note.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-213. Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing--that is, anything forbidden as unclean (see on Le 11:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 14:9

• Animals
• Fish
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Animal
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• Cut
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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