“And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.”
King James Version (KJV)
11:4 The camel - An usual food in Arabia, but yielding bad nourishment. Divideth not the hoof - So as to have his foot cloven in two, which being expressed, #Lev 11:3|, is here to be understood. Otherwise the camel's hoof is divided, but it is but a small and imperfect division.
11:5 As for the names of the following creatures, seeing the Jews themselves are uncertain and divided about them, it seems improper to trouble the unlearned readers with disputes about them.
11:8 Ye shall not touch - Not in order to eating, as may be gathered by comparing this with #Gen 3:3|. But since the fat and skins of some of the forbidden creatures were useful, for medicinal and other good purposes, and were used by good men, it is not probable that God would have them cast away. Thus God forbad the making of images, #Exo 20:4|, not universally, but in order to the worshipping them, as Christian interpreters agree.
And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but diuideth not the hoofe, he is vncleane vnto you.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
the rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the hare, because the horn of its foot is not parted in two, is unclean to you.
- Basic English Bible
and the hare, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs -- it shall be unclean unto you;
- Darby Bible
And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof: he is unclean to you.
- Webster's Bible
The hare, because she chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof, she is unclean to you.
- World English Bible
and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof hath not divided -- unclean it [is] to you;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you
- Jewish Publication Society Bible