Deuteronomy 14 · Verse 17

Deuteronomy 14:17

And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
Deuteronomy 14:17, King James Version

Deuteronomy 14:17 in other translations

BSBthe desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,
WEBthe pelican, the vulture, the cormorant,
ASVand the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,
YLTand the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant,
DARBYand the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,
BBEAnd the pelican and the vulture and the cormorant;
WebsterAnd the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant,

What does Deuteronomy 14:17 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 14:17 in the original Hebrew

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וְהַקָּאָ֥תve.ha.ka.'Atand the desert owlH6893
וְאֶֽת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָרָחָ֖מָהha.ra.Cha.mahthe Egyptian vulture <towards>H7360
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַשָּׁלָֽךְ\׃ha.sha.Lakhthe cormorantH7994

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
gier.{Rachamah,} probably a species of vulture, still called in Arabic by the same name.
the cormorant.{Shalach,} probably the cataract, or plungeon, a sea fowl.
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Context

  • 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,

  • Deuteronomy 14:18

    And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

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Deuteronomy 14:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el somormujo, y el calamón, y el corvejón,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et le pélican, et le vautour, et le plongeon,
German
Elberfelder 1871
und der Pelikan und der Aasgeier und der Sturzpelikan,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ac mergulum, porphyrionem, et nycticoracem,