Leviticus 11:21

What does Leviticus 11:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Leviticus 11:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`Only--this ye do eat of any teeming thing which is flying, which is going on four, which hath legs above its feet, to move with them on the earth;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but hath the legs behind longer, wherewith it hoppeth upon the earth,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Yet these shall ye eat of every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four: those which have legs above their feet with which to leap upon the earth.

Context

v.20All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.

v.21This passage

v.22even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

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