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Acts 11:6

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11:6As I stared12 I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles,13 and wild birds.14

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  1. 12 Grk “Staring I looked into it.” The participle ἀτενίσας (atenisas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
  2. 13 Or “snakes.” Grk “creeping things.” According to L&N 4.51, in most biblical contexts the term (due to the influence of Hebrew classifications such as Gen 1:25–26, 30) included small four-footed animals like rats, mice, frogs, toads, salamanders, and lizards. In this context, however, where “creeping things” are contrasted with “four-footed animals,” the English word “reptiles,” which primarily but not exclusively designates snakes, is probably more appropriate.
  3. 14 Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. πετεινόν).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.

NLTNew Living Translation

When I looked inside the sheet, I saw all sorts of tame and wild animals, reptiles, and birds.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

As I looked intently into it, I was considering it, and I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild animals and the reptiles and the birds of the sky.

KJV 1900King James Version

Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.