Leviticus 11:5
New International Version
The hyrax, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

New Living Translation
The hyrax chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.

English Standard Version
And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.

Berean Standard Bible
The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

King James Bible
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

New King James Version
the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you;

New American Standard Bible
Likewise, the rock hyrax, for though it chews cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you.

NASB 1995
‘Likewise, the shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;

NASB 1977
‘Likewise, the rock badger, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;

Legacy Standard Bible
Likewise, the shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you;

Amplified Bible
And the shaphan, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you.

Christian Standard Bible
hyraxes, though they chew the cud, do not have hooves—they are unclean for you;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
the hyrax, though it chews the cud, does not have hooves—it is unclean for you;

American Standard Version
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the rabbit that chews cud and its foot does not cleave is defiled to you.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the rabbit, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The cherogrillus which cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean.

English Revised Version
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You must never eat rock badgers. (Rock badgers are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs.)

International Standard Version
the rock badger (because it chews its cud but its hooves aren't divided, it is to be unclean for you),

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

Literal Standard Version
and the hyrax, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof is not divided—it [is] unclean to you;

Majority Standard Bible
The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

New American Bible
the rock hyrax, which indeed chews the cud, but does not have hoofs and is therefore unclean for you;

NET Bible
The rock badger is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.

New Revised Standard Version
The rock badger, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.

New Heart English Bible
The coney, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean to you.

World English Bible
The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.

Young's Literal Translation
and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not -- unclean it is to you;

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Context
Clean and Unclean Animals
4But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 5 The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 6The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.…

Cross References
Leviticus 11:3
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

Leviticus 11:4
But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:6
The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

Deuteronomy 14:7
But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,

Psalm 104:18
The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.

Proverbs 30:26
the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;


Treasury of Scripture

And the coney, because he chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; he is unclean to you.

Psalm 104:18
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.

Proverbs 30:26
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

but divideth

Job 36:14
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

Matthew 7:26
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

Romans 2:18-24
And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; …

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(5) And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not . . . --Better, though he cheweth the cud, yet he divideth not. (See Leviticus 11:4.) The coney, which is the old English name for rabbit, is the meaning of the Hebrew expression shaphan, according to the definition of those who had to explain and administer this law at the time of Christ. As these interpreters lived in Palestine, where they saw the animals in question, the objection that the rabbit is not indigenous in Palestine falls to the ground. These shrewd Administrators of the law must also have noticed that it was the habit of the feeble conies to seek refuge and build in the fissures of the rocks, which not unfrequently are on a level with the ground. The rabbit, moreover, well suits the hare, by which it is immediately followed. Modern expositors, however, identify it with the Syrian hyrax, or rock-badger, which is about the size of a well-grown rabbit. It resembles the guinea-pig or the Alpine marmot, has long hair of a brownish grey or brownish-yellow colour on the back, but white on the belly, a very short tail, and short round ears. The action of its jaws when it is at rest resembles that of the ruminants.

Verse 5. - The coney, Hebrew, shaphan; the Hyrax Syriacus, or wabr, still called in Southern Arabia tsofun, a little animal similar to but not identical with the rabbit. "They live in the natural caves and clefts of the rocks (Psalm 104:18), are very gregarious, being often seen seated in troops before the openings of their caves, and extremely timid, as they are quite defenseless (Proverbs 30:26). They are about the size of rabbits, of a brownish-gray or brownish-yellow color, but white under the belly; they have bright eyes, round ears, and no tail. The Arabs eat them, but do not place them before their guests" (Keil).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The rock badger,
הַשָּׁפָ֗ן (haš·šā·p̄ān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8227: A species of rockrabbit, the hyrax

though
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it
ה֔וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

chews
מַעֲלֵ֤ה (ma·‘ă·lêh)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

the cud,
גֵרָה֙ (ḡê·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1625: The cud

does not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

have a split
יַפְרִ֑יס (yap̄·rîs)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6536: To break in pieces, to split, distribute

hoof;
וּפַרְסָ֖ה (ū·p̄ar·sāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6541: A claw, split hoof

it
ה֖וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is unclean
טָמֵ֥א (ṭā·mê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2931: Unclean

for you.
לָכֶֽם׃ (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew


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