Deuteronomy 14 · Verse 15

Deuteronomy 14:15

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Deuteronomy 14:15, King James Version

Deuteronomy 14:15 in other translations

BSBthe ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
WEBthe ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any kind,
ASVand the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
YLTand the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind;
DARBYand the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;
BBEAnd the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort;
WebsterAnd the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

What does Deuteronomy 14:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 14:11-20

De 14:11-20. Of Birds. 11-20. Of all clean birds ye shall eat--(See on Le 11:21).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 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…

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Deuteronomy 14:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֵת֙ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בַּ֣תbat[the] daughter ofH1323
הַֽיַּעֲנָ֔הhai.ya.'a.Nahthe ostrichH3284
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַתַּחְמָ֖סha.tach.Masthe screech owlH8464
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַשָּׁ֑חַףha.Sha.chafthe gullH7828
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַנֵּ֖ץha.Netzthe falconH5322
לְמִינֵֽהוּ\׃le.mi.Ne.huto kind itsH4327

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 14:15

  • Job 30:29

    I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 30:29
the night.{Tachmas,} probably the bird which Hasselquist calls {strix orientalis}, or oriental owl.
the cuckow.{Shachpaph,} probably the sea-gull or mew.

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 14:14

    And every raven after his kind,

  • Deuteronomy 14:15

    And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

  • Deuteronomy 14:16

    The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

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Deuteronomy 14:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el buho, y la lechuza, y el cuclillo, y el halcón según su especie,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et l’autruche femelle, et l’autruche mâle, et la mouette, et l’épervier, selon son espèce;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und die Straußhenne und der Straußhahn und die Seemöve, und der Habicht nach seiner Art,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et struthionem, ac noctuam, et larum, atque accipitrem juxta genus suum: