Deuteronomy 14:18

Deuteronomy 14:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
• New International Version (NIV)the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe and the bat.

Context of Deuteronomy 14:18

16the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, 17the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant, the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat. 19All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. 20But you may eat any clean bird.

Deuteronomy 14:18 word by word

וְהַ֣חֲסִידָ֔ה וְהָאֲנָפָ֖ה לְמִינָ֑הּ וְהַדּוּכִיפַ֖ת וְהָעֲטַלֵּֽף׃Read the interlinear

• the storkחֲסִידָהchăsîydâh · storkH2624
• any kindמִיןmîyn · kindH4327
• of heronאֲנָפָה'ănâphâh · heronH601
• the hoopoeדּוּכִיפַתdûkîyphath · hoopoeH1744
• or the batעֲטַלֵּף‛ăţallêph · batH5847

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-21Verses 3-21 Compare Deuteronomy 14:5 The “pygarg” is a species of gazelle, and the “wild ox” and “chamois” are swift types of antelope. Deuteronomy 14:21 The prohibition is repeated from Leviticus 22:8. The directions as to the disposal of the carcass are unique to Deuteronomy, and their motive is clear. To have forbidden the people either themselves to eat that which had died, or to allow any others to do so, would have involved loss of property, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-18These animals are grouped as flying animals that eat rotting flesh.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2011-20. Of all clean birds ye shall eat--(See on Le 11:21).Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 14:18

• Animals
• Bat
• Birds
• Heron
• Lapwing
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Bat
• Clean
• Cleave
• Cut
• Food
• Heron
• Lapwing
• Stork
• Abomination, Birds of

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings