Deuteronomy 14:16

Deuteronomy 14:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
• New International Version (NIV)the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
• English Standard Version (ESV)the little owl and the short-eared owl, the barn owl
• New Living Translation (NLT)the little owl, the great owl, the barn owl,

Context of Deuteronomy 14:16

14every raven after its kind; 15the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds; the little owl, the screech owl, the white owl, 17the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl, 18the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe and the bat.

Deuteronomy 14:16 word by word

אֶת־הַכּ֥וֹס וְאֶת־הַיַּנְשׁ֖וּף וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The little owlכּוֹסkôs · owlH3563
• and the great owlיַנְשׁוּףyanshûph yanshôph · owlH3244
• and the swanתִּנְשֶׁ֫מֶתtanshemeth · chameleonH8580

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14:16

• 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 14:16

• Animals
• Birds
• Owl
• Sanitation
• Swan

In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Clean
• Cleave
• Cut
• Food
• Mole
• Owl
• Swan
• 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