21Yet 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.


In Context

18 and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture,

19 and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

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

21 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.

22 Even 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.

23 But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.

Leviticus 11:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:21Yet 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;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:21There are, however, some winged creatures that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:21But whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but hath the legs behind longer, wherewith it hoppeth upon the earth,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:21Yet 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:21Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:21Yet these may ye eat, of every flying creeping animal that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with upon the earth;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:21Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:21Only — 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:21Yet these may you eat of every flying creeping thing that goes on all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth;