KJV King James Version
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
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Leviticus 11:5
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
WEB World English Bible
The coney, because he chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.
ASV American Standard Version
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not—unclean it is to you;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 11
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth.
3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: [as] the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
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.
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וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַשָּׁפָ֗ןH8227 · sha.phanrock badgerכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforמַעֲלֵ֤הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseגֵרָה֙H1625 · ge.rahcudה֔וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוּפַרְסָ֖הH6541 · par.sahhoofלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיַפְרִ֑יסH6536 · pa.rasto divideטָמֵ֥אH2931 · ta.meuncleanה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itלָכֶֽם׃H9036 · khemyou
Cross-references
Proverbs 30:26The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;Psalm 104:18The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.2 Timothy 3:5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.Romans 2:18-24And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;Titus 1:16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.Job 36:14They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.Philippians 3:18-19(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:Matthew 7:26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
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