Isaiah 34 · Verse 15

Isaiah 34:15

There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

Isaiah 34:15, King James Version

Isaiah 34:15 in other translations

BSB	There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.
WEB	The arrow snake will make her nest there, and lay, hatch, and gather under her shade. Yes, the kites will be gathered there, every one with her mate.
ASV	There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.
YLT	There made her nest hath the bittern, Yea, she layeth, and hath hatched, And hath gathered under her shadow, Only there gathered have been vultures, Each with its companion.
DARBY	There shall the arrow-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow; there also shall the vultures be gathered one with another.
BBE	The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.
Webster	There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

What does Isaiah 34:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

15. great owl--rather, "the arrow snake," so called from its darting on its prey [Gesenius]. lay--namely, eggs. gather under her shadow--rather, "cherishes" her young under, &c. (Jr 17:11).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 15 The great owl - קפוז kippoz, the ακοντιας, or darter, a serpent so called because of its suddenly leaping up or darting on its prey. Probably the mongoose or ichneumon may be intended. The vultures - דיות daiyoth, the black vultures. My old MS. Bible renders these names curiously: And ageyn cumen schul devylis: the beste, party of an asse, and party of a mam: and the wodwose, the tother schal crien to the tother. There schal byn lamya, that is, thrisse, or a beste, havynge the body liic a woman, and hors feet. Ther hadde dichis, the yrchoun, and nurshide out littil chittis. There ben gadred kiitis, the top to the top. What language! Every one with her mate - A MS. adds אל el after אשה ishshah, which seems necessary to the construction; and so the Syriac and Vulgate. Another MS. adds in the same place את eth, which is equivalent.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 34:9-17

Those who aim to ruin the church, can never do that, but will ruin themselves. What dismal changes sin can make! It turns a fruitful land into barrenness, a crowded city into a wilderness. Let us compare all we discover in the book of the Lord, with the dealings of providence around us, that we may be more diligent in seeking the kingdom of God and his righteousness. What the mouth of the Lord has commanded, his…

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Isaiah 34:15 in the original Hebrew

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שָׁ֣מָּהSha.mahthere <towards>H8033

קִנְּנָ֤הki.ne.Nahit will make a nestH7077

קִפּוֹז֙ki.pOzowl[s]H7091

וַתְּמַלֵּ֔טva.te.ma.Letand it laid eggsH4422

וּבָקְעָ֖הu.va.ke.'Ahand it will hatchH1234

וְדָגְרָ֣הve.da.ge.Rahand it will gather a broodH1716

בְצִלָּ֑הּve.tzi.Lahin shadow itsH6738

אַךְ\־'akh-surelyH389

שָׁ֛םshamthereH8033

נִקְבְּצ֥וּnik.be.Tzuthey will be gatheredH6908

דַיּ֖וֹתdai.Yotblack kitesH1772

אִשָּׁ֥ה'i.ShaheachH802

רְעוּתָֽהּ\׃re.'u.Tahcompanion itsH7468

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

Cross references for Isaiah 34:15

Deuteronomy 14:13
And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

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Context

Isaiah 34:14
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
Isaiah 34:15
There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Isaiah 34:16
Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

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Isaiah 34:15 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Allí anidará el cuclillo, conservará sus huevos, y sacará sus pollos, y juntarálos debajo de sus alas: también se ayuntarán allí buitres, cada uno con su compañera.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Là le serpent-dard fera son nid, et pondra, et fera éclore et rassemblera ses petits sous son ombre; là aussi se rassembleront les vautours l’un avec l’autre.
German Elberfelder 1871	Dorthin nistet die Pfeilschlange und legt Eier und brütet sie aus in ihrem Schatten; ja, daselbst versammeln sich die Geier, einer zum anderen. -
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Ibi habuit foveam ericius, et enutrivit catulos, et circumfodit, et fovit in umbra ejus; illuc congregati sunt milvi, alter ad alterum.