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:
• New International Version (NIV)Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales.
• 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.

Context of Deuteronomy 14:9

7Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean to you. 8And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, is unclean to you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: 10And whatever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean to you. 11Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

Deuteronomy 14:9 word by word

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

• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• finsסְנַפִּירsenappîyr · finH5579
• scalesקַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂתqaώqeώeth · scaleH7193

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 14:9

• Leviticus 11:9These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

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
• Clean
• Cleave
• Cut
• Food
• Ashtaroth; Ashteroth-Karnaim; Beeshterah
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Deer
• Exodus, the Book of

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