Leviticus 11:29

What does Leviticus 11:29 mean?

A plain-English look at Leviticus 11:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And these are unclean to you among things which go low down on the earth; the weasel and the mouse and the great lizard, and animals of that sort;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And this <FI>is<Fi> to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all that move upon the earth. The weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, every one according to their kind:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind;

Context

v.28And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

v.29This passage

v.30and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Philippians 3:19

    whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

  • Haggai 2:6

    For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

  • Leviticus 11:41

    And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

  • John 6:66

    Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

  • Psalms 17:13

    Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

  • Ephesians 4:14

    that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

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