Leviticus 11:21
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Yet these may you eat of every flying creeping thing that goes on all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth;
American King James Version (AKJV)
Yet these may you eat of every flying creeping thing that goes on all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth;
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;
Webster's Revision
Yet these may ye eat, of every flying creeping animal that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with upon the earth;
World English Bible
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
Definitions for Leviticus 11:21
Clarke's Leviticus 11:21 Bible Commentary
Which have legs above their feet - This appears to refer to the different kinds of locusts and grasshoppers, which have very remarkable hind legs, long, and with high joints, projecting above their backs, by which they are enabled to spring up from the ground, and leap high and far.
Barnes's Leviticus 11:21 Bible Commentary
Legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth - The families of the Saltatoria, of which the common cricket, the common grasshopper, and the migratory locust, may be taken as types.
