Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Of a beast that dieth alone or is rent with wild beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.

New American Standard Bible

He shall not eat an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord.

King James Version

That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.

Holman Bible

He must not eat an animal that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts, making himself unclean by it; I am Yahweh.

International Standard Version

He is not to eat the carcass of an animal that was torn by animals, thereby defiling himself with it. I am the LORD.

A Conservative Version

That which dies of itself, or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself with it. I am LORD.

American Standard Version

That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah.

Amplified

He shall not eat that which dies [of natural causes] or is torn by a predator, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.

Darby Translation

Of a dead carcase and what is torn shall he not eat, to make himself unclean therewith: I am Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

A carcass or torn of wild beast, he shall not eat to be defiled with it: I Jehovah.

King James 2000

That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat to defile himself by it: I am the LORD.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He shall not eat a [naturally] dead body or a mangled carcass, {so that he becomes unclean} by it; I [am] Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

He shall not eat a dead body or one torn, to defile himself with them. I am Jehovah.

NET Bible

He must not eat an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts and thus become unclean by it. I am the Lord.

New Heart English Bible

That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am the LORD.

The Emphasized Bible

That which dieth of itself or is torn in pieces, shall he not eat to make himself unclean thereby, - I, am Yahweh.

Webster

That which dieth of itself, or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself with it: I am the LORD.

World English Bible

That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

a carcase or torn thing he doth not eat, for uncleanness thereby; I am Jehovah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נבלה 
N@belah 
Usage: 48

or is torn
טרפה 
T@rephah 
Usage: 9

with beasts, he shall not eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

to defile
טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 162

References

Context Readings

Priests And Their Food

7 And then when the sun is down he shall be clean and shall afterward eat of the hallowed things: for they are his food. 8 Of a beast that dieth alone or is rent with wild beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD. 9 But let them keep therefore mine ordinance, lest they lade sin upon them and die therein when they have defiled themselves: for I am the LORD which sanctify them.

Cross References

Leviticus 17:15

And whatsoever soul it be that eateth that which died alone or that which was torn with wild beasts: whether it be one of yourselves or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean unto the even, and then is he clean.

Exodus 22:31

Ye shall be holy people unto me, and therefore shall ye eat no flesh that is torn of beasts in the field. But shall cast it to dogs."

Leviticus 7:24

neverthelater, the fat of the beast that dieth alone and the fat of that which is torn with wild beasts, may be occupied in all manner uses: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.

Leviticus 11:39-40

If any beast of which ye eat die, he that toucheth the dead carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

Deuteronomy 14:21

Ye shall eat of nothing that dieth alone: But thou mayest give it unto the stranger that is in thy city that he eat it, or mayest sell it unto an Alien. For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Ezekiel 44:31

But no dead carrion shall the priest eat, nor such as is devoured of wild beasts, fouls or cattle."

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