Leviticus 11:15

Brenton's Septuagint

and the sparrow, and the owl, and the sea-mew, and the like to it:

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
any kind of raven,

King James Version
Every raven after his kind;

Lexham English Bible
every crow according to its kind,

New Century Version
any kind of raven,

New English Translation
every kind of crow,

Amplified Bible
every kind of raven,

New American Standard Bible
every raven in its kind,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And all rauens after their kinde:

Legacy Standard Bible
every raven in its kind,

Complete Jewish Bible
the various kinds of ravens,

Darby Translation
every raven after its kind;

Easy-to-Read Version
all kinds of black birds,

English Standard Version
every raven of any kind,

George Lamsa Translation
And the ostrich and the night hawk after its kind;

Christian Standard Bible®
every kind of raven,

Literal Translation
every raven according to its kind;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and all Rauens wt their kynde:

American Standard Version
every raven after its kind,

Bible in Basic English
Every raven, and birds of that sort;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all Rauens after their kinde,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
every raven after its kinds;

King James Version (1611)
Euery Rauen after his kinde:

English Revised Version
every raven after its kind;

Berean Standard Bible
any kind of raven,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
a strucioun,

Young's Literal Translation
every raven after its kind,

Update Bible Version
every raven after its kind,

Webster's Bible Translation
Every raven after his kind;

World English Bible
any kind of raven,

New King James Version
every raven after its kind,

New Living Translation
ravens of all kinds,

New Life Bible
every kind of raven,

New Revised Standard
every raven of any kind;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
every raven, after its kind;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all that is of the raven kind, according to their likeness.

Revised Standard Version
every raven according to its kind,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
every raven in its kind,

Contextual Overview

⁹ And these are what ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all things that have fins and scales in the waters, and in the seas, and in the brooks, these ye shall eat. ¹⁰ And all things which have not fins or scales in the water, or in the seas, and in the brooks, of all which the waters produce, and of every soul living in the water, are an abomination; and they shall be abominations to you. ¹¹ Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall abhor their carcases. ¹² And all things that have not fins or scales of those that are in the waters, these are an abomination to you. ¹³ And these are the things which ye shall abhor of birds, and they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle. ¹⁴ And the vulture, and the kite, and the like to it; ¹⁵ and the sparrow, and the owl, and the sea-mew, and the like to it: ¹⁶ and every raven, and the birds like it, and the hawk and his like, ¹⁷ and the night-raven and the cormorant and the stork, ¹⁸ and the red-bill, and the pelican, and swan,

Bible Verse Review
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Genesis 8:7, 1 Kings 17:4, 1 Kings 17:6, Proverbs 30:17, Luke 12:24

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Every raven after his kind. The red raven, night raven, the water raven, river raven, wood raven, c. this also includes crows, rooks, pies, jays, and jackdaws, c. The raven was with the Heathens sacred to Apollo o, is a voracious creature, and so reckoned among unclean ones, and unfit for food nor does the care that God takes of these creatures, or the use he has made of them, contradict this see

Job 38:41.

o Aelian. De Animal. l. 1. c. 48. & l. 7. c. 18.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As far as they can be identified, the birds here mentioned are such as live upon animal food. They were those which the Israelites might have been tempted to eat, either from their being easy to obtain, or from the example of other nations, and which served as types of the entire range of prohibited kinds.

Leviticus 11:13

The eagle - Rather, the great vulture, which the Egyptians are known to have ranked as the first among birds. Compare 2 Samuel 1:23; Psalms 103:5; Proverbs 23:5, etc.

The Ossifrage, or bone-breaker, was the lammer-geyer, and the “ospray” (a corruption of ossifrage) the sea-eagle.

Leviticus 11:14

The vulture - Rather, the (black) kite Isaiah 34:15 : “the kite,” rather the red kite, remarkable for its piercing sight Job 28:7.

Leviticus 11:15

Every raven after his kind - i. e. the whole family of corvidae.

Leviticus 11:16

And the owl ... - Rather, “and the ostrich, and the owl, and the gull, and the hawk,” etc.

Leviticus 11:18

The swan - More probably the ibis, the sacred bird of the Egyptians. “The gier eagle” is most likely the Egyptian vulture, a bird of unprepossessing appearance and disgusting habits, but fostered by the Egyptians as a useful scavenger.

Leviticus 11:19

The heron ... the lapwing - Rather, the great plover the hoopoe, so called from its peculiar cry.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 11:15. Every raven — ערב oreb, a general term comprehending the raven, crow, rook, jackdaw, and magpie.