KJV King James Version
[Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
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Leviticus 11:22
[Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
WEB World English Bible
Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
these of them ye do eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 11
19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
20 All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
21 Yet 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;
22 [Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
23 But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
25 And whosoever beareth [ought] of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֵ֤לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseמֵהֶם֙H9038 · hemthemתֹּאכֵ֔לוּH398 · a.khalto eatאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָֽאַרְבֶּ֣הH697 · ar.behlocustלְמִינ֔וֹH4327 · minkindוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַסָּלְעָ֖םH5556 · sol.amlocustלְמִינֵ֑הוּH4327 · minkindוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַחַרְגֹּ֣לH2728 · cha.re.gollocustלְמִינֵ֔הוּH4327 · minkindוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הֶחָגָ֖בH2284 · cha.gavlocustלְמִינֵֽהוּ׃H4327 · minkind
Cross-references
Matthew 3:4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;Exodus 10:4-5Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:Hebrews 5:11Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.Romans 15:1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.Hebrews 12:12-13Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;Romans 14:1Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, [but] not to doubtful disputations.
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