Genesis 2:19 - King James Version
"And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof."

Or was it?

It seems that some of the names of the animals may have evolved over the last 6000 or so years. What follows is a collection of translations of my favorite bible verse, Leviticus 11:30.

and the gecko, and the crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand reptile, and the chameleon.
New American Standard Bible
the hedgehog, the chameleon, the lizard, the snail, and the mole.
The Living Torah by Rabbi Aryah Kaplan
and the groaning lizard, and the great red lizard, and the climbing lizard, and the chomet* and the chameleon.
Darby Translation *(a lizard, or maybe a snail)
the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon.
New International Version / World English Bible (adds "and" before "the monitor")
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
King James Version / Third Millennium Bible / Webster's Bible Translation / Young's Literal Translation
the gecko, the chameleon, the agama, the skink, and the mole.
New American Bible
the gecko, the land crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
Revised Standard Version / The New Revised Standard Version
the gecko, the monitor and the lizard, the sand-lizard and the chameleon.
The Schocken Bible Translated by Everett Fox
and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.
The American Standard Version
the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
The New King James Version
the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
The New Living Translation
(Leviticus 11:30 is omitted entirely)
The Good News Bible in Today's English
The shrew, and the chameleon, and the stellio*, and the lizard, and the mole.
The Douay-Rheims Bible *(Latin: a newt having starlike spots on its back)
And the ferret and the land crocodile and the lizard and the sand-lizard and the chameleon.
The Bible in Basic English
the anakah, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the tanshemet*.
Hebrew Names Version of World English Bible (*Horned Owl)
So, the next time you're watching TV and you see a guy in a rainbow afro-wig holding up a "Leviticus 11:30" sign, that'd be me. I probably get the most airtime on TBN and WWE.

If you could point me towards other versions of this verse I'll pray for you! Plese send your legitimate translations and the name of the bible you got it from to ib@ironburl.com

Here is a Context of this verse...

Leviticus 11:26-31

The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.