Deuteronomy 14:17

Deuteronomy 14:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
• New International Version (NIV)the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the tawny owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant,
• New King James Version (NKJV)the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl,

Context of Deuteronomy 14:17

15ostriches, nighthawks, seagulls, all types of falcons, 16little owls, great owls, barn owls, pelicans, ospreys, cormorants, 18storks, all types of herons, hoopoes, and bats. 19Every swarming, winged insect is also unclean for you. They must never be eaten.

Deuteronomy 14:17 word by word

וְהַקָּאָ֥ת וְאֶֽת־הָרָחָ֖מָה וְאֶת־הַשָּׁלָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the pelicanקָאַתqâ'ath · pelicanH6893
• and the gier eagleרָחָםrâchâm râchâmâh · carrionH7360
• and the cormorantשָׁלָךְshâlâk · cormorantH7994

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14:17

• 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 14:17

• Animals
• Birds
• Cormorant
• Pelican
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Gier eagle
• Animal
• Clean
• Cleave
• Cormorant
• Cut
• Food
• Pelicans
• Abomination, Birds of
• Ashtaroth; Ashteroth-Karnaim; Beeshterah

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