New King James Version
Leviticus 11:5
5the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you;
Leviticus 11:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
- New International Version (NIV)The hyrax, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The hyrax chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.
Context of Leviticus 11:5
3Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat. 4Nevertheless these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; 6the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; 7and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.
Read all of Leviticus 11Leviticus 11:5 word by word
וְאֶת־הַשָּׁפָ֗ן כִּֽי־מַעֲלֵ֤ה גֵרָה֙ ה֔וּא וּפַרְסָ֖ה לֹ֣א יַפְרִ֑יס טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 11:5
- Psalms 104:18The high hills are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.
- Proverbs 30:26The rock badgers are a feeble folk, Yet they make their homes in the crags;
- Job 36:14They die in youth, And their life ends among the perverted persons.
- Matthew 7:26“But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:
- Romans 2:18and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
- Philippians 3:18For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
- 2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
Commentaries on Leviticus 11:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The coney - שפן shaphan, not the rabbit, but rather a creature nearly resembling it, which abounds in Judea, Palestine, and Arabia, and is called by Dr. Shaw daman Israel, and by Mr. Bruce ashkoko. As this creature nearly resembles the rabbit, with which Spain anciently abounded, Bochart supposes that the Phoenicians might have given it the name of שפניה spaniah, from the multitude of שפנים shephanim (or spanim, as others pronounce it) which were found…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The coney - The Old English name for a rabbit. The animal meant is the Hyrax Syriacus. It bears some resemblance to the guinea-pig or the marmot, and in its general appearance and habits Proverbs 30:26; Psalm 104:18, it might easily be taken for a rodent. But Cuvier discovered that it is, in its anatomy, a true pachyderm, allied to the rhinoceros and the tapir, inferior to them as it is in size. He cheweth the cud - The Hyrax has the same habit as the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The rock badger and the rabbit do not actually chew cud, even though it looks like they do. They are ceremonially unclean because they lack split hooves.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-73-7. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud--Ruminating animals by the peculiar structure of their stomachs digest their food more fully than others. It is found that in the act of chewing the cud, a large portion of the poisonous properties of noxious plants eaten by them, passes off by the salivary glands. This power of secreting the poisonous effects of vegetables, is said to be particularly remarkable in cows and goats…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 11
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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