Deuteronomy 14 · Verse 16

Deuteronomy 14:16

The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
Deuteronomy 14:16, King James Version

Deuteronomy 14:16 in other translations

BSBthe little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
WEBthe little owl, the great owl, the horned owl,
ASVthe little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,
YLTthe little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
DARBYthe owl, and the ibis and the swan,
BBEThe little owl and the great owl and the water-hen;
WebsterThe little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

What does Deuteronomy 14:16 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 14:16 in the original Hebrew

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אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַכּ֥וֹסha.Kosthe little owlH3563
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַיַּנְשׁ֖וּףhai.yan.Shufthe great owlH3244
וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת\׃ve.ha.tin.Sha.metand the barn owlH8580

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the swan.{Tinshemeth,} probably, as Michaelis supposes, the goose.
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Context

  • 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,

  • Deuteronomy 14:17

    And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

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Deuteronomy 14:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el herodión, y el cisne, y el ibis,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
le hibou, et l’ibis, et le cygne,
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Eule und die Rohrdommel und das Purpurhuhn,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
herodium ac cygnum, et ibin,