Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not eat any detestable thing. New Living Translation “You must not eat any detestable animals that are ceremonially unclean. English Standard Version “You shall not eat any abomination. Berean Standard Bible You must not eat any detestable thing. King James Bible Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. New King James Version “You shall not eat any detestable thing. New American Standard Bible “You shall not eat any detestable thing. NASB 1995 “You shall not eat any detestable thing. NASB 1977 “You shall not eat any detestable thing. Legacy Standard Bible “You shall not eat any abominable thing. Amplified Bible “You shall not eat anything that is detestable [to the LORD and forbidden by Him]. Christian Standard Bible “You must not eat any detestable thing. Holman Christian Standard Bible You must not eat any detestable thing. American Standard Version Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. Contemporary English Version Don't eat any disgusting animals. English Revised Version Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. GOD'S WORD® Translation Never eat anything that is disgusting to the LORD. Good News Translation "Do not eat anything that the LORD has declared unclean. International Standard Version "You must not eat any detestable food. Majority Standard Bible You must not eat any detestable thing. NET Bible You must not eat any forbidden thing. New Heart English Bible You shall not eat any abominable thing. Webster's Bible Translation Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. World English Bible You shall not eat any abominable thing. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou do not eat any abomination; Young's Literal Translation 'Thou dost not eat any abominable thing; Smith's Literal Translation Thou shalt not eat any abomination. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleEat not the things that are unclean. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not eat the things that are unclean. New American Bible You shall not eat any abominable thing. New Revised Standard Version You shall not eat any abhorrent thing. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou shall not eat any abominable thing. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated You shall not eat anything that is defiled. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. Brenton Septuagint Translation Ye shall not eat any abominable thing. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Clean and Unclean Animals…2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. 3You must not eat any detestable thing. 4These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,… Cross References Leviticus 11:1-47 The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them, / “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat: / You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud. ... Acts 10:9-16 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray. / He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. / He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. ... Mark 7:18-19 “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, / because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.) Matthew 15:11 A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.” Romans 14:14 I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. 1 Timothy 4:3-5 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. / For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, / because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. Genesis 7:2 You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate; Genesis 9:3-4 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things. / But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it. Isaiah 66:17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD. Ezekiel 4:14 “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.” Acts 15:28-29 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements: / You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell. Colossians 2:16-17 Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. 1 Corinthians 8:8 But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. Hebrews 9:10 They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform. Romans 14:20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block. Treasury of Scripture You shall not eat any abominable thing. Leviticus 11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. Leviticus 20:25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. Isaiah 65:4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Jump to Previous Abominable Detestable Disgusting EatJump to Next Abominable Detestable Disgusting EatDeuteronomy 14 1. God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning3. What may and may not be eaten 4. of animals 9. of fishes 11. of fowls 21. That which dies of itself may not be eaten 22. Tithes of Divine Service 23. Tithes and firstborns to be eaten before the Lord 28. The third year's tithe of alms and charity You must not This phrase is a direct command, emphasizing the authority and seriousness of the instruction. In Hebrew, the phrase is "לֹא תֹאכַל" (lo to'chal), which is a strong prohibition. The use of "must not" indicates a non-negotiable directive from God to His people, reflecting His sovereign will and the importance of obedience in the covenant relationship. This command underscores the holiness and distinctiveness required of the Israelites as God's chosen people. eat any detestable thing Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You must notלֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no eat תֹאכַ֖ל (ṯō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat any כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every detestable thing. תּוֹעֵבָֽה׃ (tō·w·‘ê·ḇāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol Links Deuteronomy 14:3 NIVDeuteronomy 14:3 NLT Deuteronomy 14:3 ESV Deuteronomy 14:3 NASB Deuteronomy 14:3 KJV Deuteronomy 14:3 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 14:3 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 14:3 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 14:3 French Bible Deuteronomy 14:3 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 14:3 You shall not eat any abominable thing (Deut. De Du) |