KJV King James Version
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination unto you:
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Leviticus 11:10
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination unto you:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
WEB World English Bible
All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,
ASV American Standard Version
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination unto you,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and any one that hath not fins and scales in the seas, and in the brooks, of any teeming creature of the waters, and of any creature which liveth, which is in the waters—an abomination they are to you;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 11
7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he [is] unclean to you.
8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you.
9 These shall ye eat of all that [are] in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination unto you:
11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that [shall be] an abomination unto you.
13 And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְכֹל֩H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichאֵֽין־H369 · a.yinnothingל֜וֹH9033 · ohimסְנַפִּ֣ירH5579 · se.nap.pirfinוְקַשְׂקֶ֗שֶׂתH7193 · qas.qe.setscaleבַּיַּמִּים֙H3220 · yamseaוּבַנְּחָלִ֔יםH5158 · na.chaltorrent: riverמִכֹּל֙H3605 · kolallשֶׁ֣רֶץH8318 · she.retsswarmהַמַּ֔יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterוּמִכֹּ֛לH3605 · kolallנֶ֥פֶשׁH5315 · ne.pheshsoulהַחַיָּ֖הH2416 · chayaliveאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichבַּמָּ֑יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterשֶׁ֥קֶץH8263 · she.qetsdetestationהֵ֖םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)לָכֶֽם׃H9036 · khemyou
Cross-references
Proverbs 29:27An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.Leviticus 7:18And if [any] of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.Psalm 139:21-22Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?Deuteronomy 14:3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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