Deuteronomy 14:9
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New International Version (©2011)
Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Of all the marine animals, you may eat whatever has both fins and scales.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“Of all that are in the waters you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"These you may eat of all that are in water: anything that has fins and scales you may eat,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
You may eat everything from the water that has fins and scales,

International Standard Version (©2012)
"You may choose to eat from these creatures in the water: you may eat anything with fin and scale,

NET Bible (©2006)
These you may eat from among water creatures: anything with fins and scales you may eat,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Here's what you may eat of every creature that lives in the water: You may eat any creature that has fins and scales.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall you eat:

American King James Version
These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall you eat:

American Standard Version
These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;

Douay-Rheims Bible
These shall you eat of all that abide in the waters: All that have fins and scales, you shall eat.

Darby Bible Translation
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales shall ye eat;

English Revised Version
These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales shall ye eat:

Webster's Bible Translation
These ye shall eat, of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

World English Bible
These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales may you eat;

Young's Literal Translation
This ye do eat of all that are in the waters; all that hath fins and scales ye do eat;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:1-21 Moses tells the people of Israel how God had given them three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual blessings in heavenly things, with which God has in Christ blessed us. Here is election; The Lord hath chosen thee. He did not choose them because they were by their own acts a peculiar people to him above other nations, but he chose them that they might be so by his grace; and thus were believers chosen, Eph 1:4. Here is adoption; Ye are the children of the Lord your God; not because God needed children, but because they were orphans, and needed a father. Every spiritual Israelite is indeed a child of God, a partaker of his nature and favour. Here is sanctification; Thou art a holy people. God's people are required to be holy, and if they are holy, they are indebted to the grace God which makes them so. Those whom God chooses to be his children, he will form to be a holy people, and zealous of good works. They must be careful to avoid every thing which might disgrace their profession, in the sight of those who watch for their halting. Our heavenly Father forbids nothing but for our welfare. Do thyself no harm; do not ruin thy health, thy reputation, thy domestic comforts, thy peace of mind. Especially do not murder thy soul. Do not be the vile slave of thy appetites and passions. Do not render all around thee miserable, and thyself wretched; but aim at that which is most excellent and useful. The laws which regarded many sorts of flesh as unclean, were to keep them from mingling with their idolatrous neighbours. It is plain in the gospel, that these laws are now done away. But let us ask our own hearts, Are we of the children of the Lord our God? Are we separate from the ungodly world, in being set apart to God's glory, the purchase of Christ's blood? Are we subjects of the work of the Holy Ghost? Lord, teach us from these precepts how pure and holy all thy people ought to live!

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

These ye shall eat of, all that are in the waters,.... The fishes there, even such as have fins and scales, but they that have not were not to be eaten: See Gill on Leviticus 11:9, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 11:11, Leviticus 11:12.

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Clean and Unclean Animals
…8And the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet chews not the cud, it is unclean to you: you shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass. 9These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall you eat: 10And whatever has not fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean to you. …

Leviticus 11:9 "'Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams you may eat any that have fins and scales.
Deuteronomy 14:8 The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.
Deuteronomy 14:10 But anything that does not have fins and scales you may not eat; for you it is unclean.