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.


In Context

18 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

19 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

20 " 'All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you.

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

22 Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper.

23 But all other winged creatures that have four legs you are to detest.

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 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:21Yet 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.

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;