Passage

Leviticus 11.19

Book: Leviticus · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"17. and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18. and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture,"

"19. and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat."

"20. All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you. 21. Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth." (Leviticus 11:17-21, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"17. the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, 18. the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,"

"19. the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat."

"20. “‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you. 21. Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth." (Leviticus 11:17-21, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"17. And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18. And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,"

"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;" (Leviticus 11:17-21, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"17. and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18. and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,"

"19. and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat."

"20. 'Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four, an abomination it [is] to you. 21. 'Only, this ye do eat of any teeming thing which is flying, which is going on four, which hath legs above its feet, to move with them on the earth;" (Leviticus 11:17-21, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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