Deuteronomy 14:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ And the pig, because it divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. You shall not eat their meat, and you shall not touch their carcasses.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And the swine, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh or touch their dead bodies.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you: of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.

Common English Bible

⁸ and the pig—because it has a divided hoof but doesn’t rechew food, it’s off-limits for you. You may not eat these animals’ meat, and you must not touch their carcasses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The pig also, since it has a divided hoof, but does not chew over again, shall be unclean. Their flesh shall not be eaten, and you shall not touch their carcasses.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ The swine also, because it divideth the hoof, but cheweth not the cud, shall be unclean their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

Deuteronomy 14:8 Cross References

Isaiah 65:4

who sit inside tombs and spend the night in secret places; who eat the flesh of pigs, with broth of abominable things in their vessels;

Isaiah 66:17

Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following the one in the center, eating the flesh of pigs, vermin, and rodents, shall come to an end together, says the Lord,

Isaiah 66:3

Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who kills a human, whoever sacrifices a lamb like one who breaks a dog’s neck, whoever presents a grain offering like one who offers pig’s blood, whoever makes a memorial offering of frankincense like one who blesses an idol. Just as these have chosen their own ways and in their abominations they take delight,

Leviticus 11:3

Any animal that has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed and chews the cud—such you may eat.

Leviticus 5:2

Or when any of you touch any unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean livestock or the carcass of an unclean swarming thing, and are unaware of it, you have become unclean and are guilty.

Deuteronomy 14:7

Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cleft you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger because they chew the cud but do not divide the hoof; they are unclean for you.

Deuteronomy 14:9

“Of all that live in water you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat.

2 Peter 2:22

It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns back to its own vomit,” and, “The sow is washed only to wallow in the mud.”