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What Does the Bible Say About Owls?

Here are 15 Bible verses about owls, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Isaiah 34:11

    But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

    BSBThe desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.

  2. #2Psalms 102:6

    I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

    BSBI am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

  3. #3Isaiah 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.

    BSBThere 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.

  4. #4Leviticus 11:17

    And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

    BSBthe little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

  5. #5Isaiah 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.

    BSBThe desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.

  6. #6Leviticus 11:16

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

    BSBthe ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

  7. #7Deuteronomy 14:16

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

    BSBthe little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

  8. #8Micah 1:8

    Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

    BSBBecause of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

  9. #9Jeremiah 50:39

    Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

    BSBSo the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.

  10. #10Isaiah 13:21

    But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

    BSBBut desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.

  11. #11Deuteronomy 14:15

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

    BSBthe ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

  12. #12Isaiah 43:20

    The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

    BSBThe beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

  13. #13Zephaniah 2:14

    And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

    BSBHerds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.

  14. #14Job 30:29

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

    BSBI have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

  15. #15Leviticus 11:16-17

    And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

    BSBthe ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

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