Leviticus 11:43

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Do not make yourselves detestable by eating any swarming creature that moves along the ground. Do not defile yourselves with them, for you will become unclean through them.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Ye shall not make yourselves abominab with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves uncan with them, that ye should be defid thereby.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Make not youre soules abhominable. Make not youre soules abhomynable with nothinge that crepeth, nether make youre soules vnclene with them: that ye shulde be defiled thereby.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Make not youre soules abhominable, and defyle you not in them, to stayne youre selues:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Ye shall not pollute your selues with any thing that creepeth, neither make your selues vncleane with them, neither defile your selues thereby: ye shal not, I say, be defiled by them,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Ye shall not make your soules abhominable with nothyng that creepeth, neither make your selues vncleane with them, that ye shoulde be defyled therby.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    ye do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do ye make yourselves unclean with them, so that ye have been unclean thereby.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    You are not to make yourselves disgusting with anything which goes about flat on the earth; you may not make yourselves unclean with them, in such a way that you are not holy to me.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Do not make yourselves detestable by any of the swarming things. You must not defile yourselves by them and become unclean by them,

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 20:25 : 25 You must distinguish between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean. Do not make yourselves detestable by any animal, bird, or anything that moves on the ground that I have set apart as unclean for you.
  • Lev 11:41-42 : 41 Every swarming creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten. 42 You must not eat any creature that moves on its belly, or walks on four legs, or has many feet. All these swarming creatures that move along the ground are detestable.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 11:34-42
    9 verses
    88%

    34Any food that could be eaten but has water from such a pot on it will be unclean, and any drink that could be drunk from such a pot will be unclean.

    35Anything on which one of their carcasses falls will become unclean; an oven or cooking stove must be broken. They are unclean, and they will remain unclean to you.

    36But a spring or a cistern containing water will remain clean, though anyone who touches one of their carcasses will become unclean.

    37If one of their carcasses falls on any seed that is to be planted, it is clean.

    38But if water has been put on the seed and one of their carcasses falls on it, it is unclean to you.

    39If any animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening.

    40Anyone who eats from its carcass must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

    41Every swarming creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.

    42You must not eat any creature that moves on its belly, or walks on four legs, or has many feet. All these swarming creatures that move along the ground are detestable.

  • Lev 11:44
    88%

    44For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves with any of the swarming creatures that move along the ground.

  • Lev 11:20-31
    12 verses
    84%

    20All winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

    21However, you may eat the following kinds of winged insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.

    22Of them you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.

    23But all other winged insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

    24By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until the evening.

    25Anyone who picks up their carcasses must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

    26Every animal that has a divided hoof but does not chew the cud is unclean to you; whoever touches them will become unclean.

    27All animals that walk on their paws among the creatures that walk on all fours are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until the evening.

    28Anyone who picks up their carcasses must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening. These animals are unclean to you.

    29These are the unclean creatures that swarm on the ground: the mole, the mouse, and any kind of large lizard.

    30The gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon are unclean to you.

    31These are the unclean creatures that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until the evening.

  • Deut 14:3
    81%

    3You shall not eat any detestable thing.

  • Lev 11:10-12
    3 verses
    80%

    10But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales, all the swarming creatures in the water, and all the living creatures in it, you are to regard as detestable.

    11You must regard them as detestable; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

    12Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.

  • Lev 20:25
    80%

    25You must distinguish between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean. Do not make yourselves detestable by any animal, bird, or anything that moves on the ground that I have set apart as unclean for you.

  • Deut 14:19
    79%

    19Every swarming winged creature is unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

  • Lev 11:46-47
    2 verses
    79%

    46These are the laws regarding animals, birds, every living creature that moves in the water, and every creature that moves along the ground.

    47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.

  • Lev 11:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, completely split, it does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you.

    8You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

  • Lev 22:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5or touches any unclean crawling creature that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean by whatever means—

    6the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat any of the holy things unless he has bathed in water.

  • Lev 18:24
    77%

    24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

  • Lev 11:3-5
    3 verses
    76%

    3You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof, one completely split, and that chews the cud.

    4But among those that chew the cud or have a divided hoof, you must not eat the camel. Though it chews the cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you.

    5The hyrax, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you.

  • Deut 7:26
    76%

    26Do not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction just like it. Utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction.

  • Lev 18:26-30
    5 verses
    76%

    26But you are to keep my statutes and my judgments. Do not commit any of these abominations, whether you are a native-born or a foreigner residing among you.

    27For all these abominations were committed by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land was defiled.

    28Make sure the land does not vomit you out when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was there before you.

    29For anyone who commits any of these detestable practices will be cut off from among their people.

    30So keep my charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were done before you, so you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 14:10
    75%

    10But anything in the waters that does not have fins and scales, you are not to eat; it is unclean for you.

  • Deut 14:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7But of those that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because although they chew the cud, they do not have divided hooves; they are unclean for you.

    8And the pig, though it has divided hooves, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.

  • Lev 22:8
    73%

    8He must not eat anything that has died naturally or been torn by wild animals, making himself unclean by it. I am the LORD.

  • Gen 7:8
    73%

    8From the clean animals, from the animals that are not clean, from the birds, and from everything that crawls on the ground,