Leviticus 11:20
“All foules that creepe, going vpon all foure, shalbe an abomination vnto you.”
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Leviticus 11:20 Context
18And the Swanne, and the Pellicane, and the Gier-eagle, 19And the Storke, the Heron after her kinde, and the Lapwing, and the Batte. 20All foules that creepe, going vpon all foure, shalbe an abomination vnto you. 21Yet these may ye eat, of euery flying creeping thing that goeth vpon all foure, which haue legges aboue their feet, to leape withall vpon the earth. 22Euen these of them ye may eate: the Locust, after his kinde, and the Bald-locust after his kinde, and the Beetle after his kinde, and the Grassehopper after his kinde.
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Other Translations for Leviticus 11:20
All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
- King James Version
'All the winged insects that walk on {all} fours are detestable to you.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Every winged four-footed thing which goes on the earth is disgusting to you;
- Basic English Bible
Every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four shall be an abomination unto you.
- Darby Bible
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination to you.
- Webster's Bible
'All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.
- World English Bible
`Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four -- an abomination it [is] to you.
- Youngs Literal Bible
All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Leviticus 11:20
11:20 All fowls - Flying things that crawl or creep upon the earth, and so degenerate from their proper nature, and are of a mongrel kind, which may intimate that apostates and mongrels in religion are abominable in the sight of God. Upon all four - Upon four legs, or upon more than four, which is all one to the present purpose.