Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. New Living Translation The hare chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean. English Standard Version And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. Berean Standard Bible The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. King James Bible And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. New King James Version the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; New American Standard Bible The rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you. NASB 1995 the rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you; NASB 1977 the rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you; Legacy Standard Bible the rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you; Amplified Bible And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you. Christian Standard Bible hares, though they chew the cud, do not have hooves—they are unclean for you; Holman Christian Standard Bible the hare, though it chews the cud, does not have hooves—it is unclean for you; American Standard Version And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the hare that chews cud and its foot does not cleave is defiled to you. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the hare, because it does not chew the cud, and does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you. Douay-Rheims Bible The hare also: for that too cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof. English Revised Version And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you. GOD'S WORD® Translation You must never eat rabbits. (Rabbits are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs.) International Standard Version the hare (because it chews its cud, but its hooves aren't divided, it is to be unclean for you), JPS Tanakh 1917 And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you Literal Standard Version and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof has not divided—it [is] unclean to you; Majority Standard Bible The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. New American Bible the hare, which indeed chews the cud, but does not have hoofs and is therefore unclean for you; NET Bible The hare is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided. New Revised Standard Version The hare, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you. New Heart English Bible The hare, because she chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof, she is unclean to you. Webster's Bible Translation And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof: he is unclean to you. World English Bible The hare, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you. Young's Literal Translation and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof hath not divided -- unclean it is to you; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Clean and Unclean Animals…5The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 7And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.… Cross References Leviticus 11:3 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud. Leviticus 11:5 The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. Leviticus 11:7 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. Treasury of Scripture And the hare, because he chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; he is unclean to you. the hare Deuteronomy 14:7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. Jump to Previous Cheweth Chews Cloven Cud Divide Divided Divideth Foot Hoof Hoofs Horn Part Parted Parteth Rabbit Split UncleanJump to Next Cheweth Chews Cloven Cud Divide Divided Divideth Foot Hoof Hoofs Horn Part Parted Parteth Rabbit Split UncleanLeviticus 11 1. What animals may be eaten4. and what may not be eaten 9. What fishes 13. What fowls 29. The creeping things which are unclean (6) And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but.--Better, though he cheweth the cud, yet. Other nations, too, shunned the flesh of hares. The Parsees considered the hare as the most unclean of all animals, and the ancient Britons abstained from eating it because of the loathsome disorders to which the hare is subject. Like the rabbit, or the hyrax, the hare has not the peculiar stomach of the true ruminant; but, like the rabbit, the hare, when sitting at rest, so moves its jaws that it appears to masticate. As the object of the legislator was to furnish the people with marks by which they were to distinguish the clean from the unclean animals, he necessarily adopted those which were in common vogue, and which alone were intelligible in those days.Verse 6. - The hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof, There is little doubt that the same animal as our hare is meant. Neither the hare, however, nor the hyrax chews the cud in the strict sense of the words. But they have the appearance of doing so. The rule respecting chewing the cud was given to and by Moses as a legislator, not as an anatomist, to serve as a sign by which animals might be known to be clean for food. Phenomenal not scientific language is used here, as in Joshua 10:12, "as we might speak of whales and their congeners as fish, when there is no need of scientific accuracy" (Clark). "All these marks of distinction in the Levitical law are wisely and even necessarily made on the basis of popular observation and belief, not on that of anatomical exactness. Otherwise the people would have been continually liable to error. Scientifically, the camel would be said to divide the hoof, and the hare does not chew the cud. But laws for popular use must necessarily employ terms as they are popularly understood. These matters are often referred to as scientific errors; whereas they were simply descriptions, necessarily popular, for the understanding and enforcement of the law" (Gardiner). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The rabbit,הָאַרְנֶ֗בֶת (hā·’ar·ne·ḇeṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 768: The hare though כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction it הִ֔וא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are chews מַעֲלַ֤ת (ma·‘ă·laṯ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular construct Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively the cud, גֵּרָה֙ (gê·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1625: The cud does not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no have a split הִפְרִ֑יסָה (hip̄·rî·sāh) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6536: To break in pieces, to split, distribute hoof; וּפַרְסָ֖ה (ū·p̄ar·sāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6541: A claw, split hoof it הִ֖וא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is unclean טְמֵאָ֥ה (ṭə·mê·’āh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2931: Unclean for you. לָכֶֽם׃ (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew Links Leviticus 11:6 NIVLeviticus 11:6 NLT Leviticus 11:6 ESV Leviticus 11:6 NASB Leviticus 11:6 KJV Leviticus 11:6 BibleApps.com Leviticus 11:6 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 11:6 Chinese Bible Leviticus 11:6 French Bible Leviticus 11:6 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 11:6 The hare because she chews the cud (Le Lv Lev.) |
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