Deuteronomy 14:17

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
eagle owls,

Hebrew Names Version
and the ka`at, and the rakham, and the shalakh,

King James Version
And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

Lexham English Bible
and the desert owl and the carrion vulture and the cormorant,

English Standard Version
and the tawny owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant,

New Century Version
desert owls, ospreys, cormorants,

New English Translation
the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

Amplified Bible
the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

New American Standard Bible
the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nor the pellicane, nor the swanne, nor the cormorant:

Legacy Standard Bible
the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

Complete Jewish Bible
pelicans, barn owls, cormorants,

Darby Translation
and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,

Easy-to-Read Version
desert owls, ospreys, cormorants,

George Lamsa Translation
The desert cock, and the peacock,

Literal Translation
and the pelican, and the owl, and the cormorant,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the Bytture, the Swanne, the Pellicane, the Pye,

American Standard Version
and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,

Bible in Basic English
And the pelican and the vulture and the cormorant;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Pellicane, the Swanne, nor the Cormorant.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant;

King James Version (1611)
And the pellicane, and the Geer-eagle, and the cormorant,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the cormorant, and the hawk, and its like, and the hoopoe, and the raven,

English Revised Version
and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant;

Berean Standard Bible
the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and a swan, and a siconye, and a dippere, a pursirioun, and a reremous, a cormeraunt,

Young's Literal Translation
and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant,

Update Bible Version
and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant,

World English Bible
and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,

New King James Version
the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl,

New Living Translation
the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture, the cormorant,

New Life Bible
the pelican, the vulture that eats dead flesh, the cormorant,

New Revised Standard
and the desert owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the vomiting pelican and the little vulture and the gannet;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the cormorant, the porphirion, and the night crow,

Revised Standard Version
and the pelican, the carrion vulture and the cormorant,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

Contextual Overview

¹You are children of God , your God, so don't mutilate your bodies or shave your heads in funeral rites for the dead. You only are a people holy to God , your God; God chose you out of all the people on Earth as his cherished personal treasure. ³Don't eat anything abominable. These are the animals you may eat: ox, sheep, goat, deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, mountain sheep—any animal that has a cloven hoof and chews the cud. But you may not eat camels, rabbits, and rock badgers because they chew the cud but they don't have a cloven hoof—that makes them ritually unclean. And pigs: Don't eat pigs—they have a cloven hoof but don't chew the cud, which makes them ritually unclean. Don't even touch a pig's carcass. ⁹This is what you may eat from the water: anything that has fins and scales. But if it doesn't have fins or scales, you may not eat it. It's ritually unclean. ¹¹You may eat any ritually clean bird. These are the exceptions, so don't eat these: eagle, vulture, black vulture, kite, falcon, the buzzard family, the raven family, ostrich, nighthawk, the hawk family, little owl, great owl, white owl, pelican, osprey, cormorant, stork, the heron family, hoopoe, bat. ¹⁹Winged insects are ritually unclean; don't eat them. But ritually clean winged creatures are permitted. ²¹ Because you are a people holy to God , your God, don't eat anything that you find dead. You can, though, give it to a foreigner in your neighborhood for a meal or sell it to a foreigner. Don't boil a kid in its mother's milk.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

gier: Rachamah, probably a species of vulture, still called in Arabic by the same name.

the cormorant: Shalach, probably the cataract, or plungeon, a sea fowl. Deuteronomy 14:17

Cross-References

Judges 11:34
Jephthah came home to Mizpah. His daughter ran from the house to welcome him home—dancing to tambourines! She was his only child. He had no son or daughter except her. When he realized who it was, he ripped his clothes, saying, "Ah, dearest daughter—I'm dirt. I'm despicable. My heart is torn to shreds. I made a vow to God and I can't take it back!"

1 Samuel 18:6
As they returned home, after David had killed the Philistine, the women poured out of all the villages of Israel singing and dancing, welcoming King Saul with tambourines, festive songs, and lutes. In playful frolic the women sang, Saul kills by the thousand, David by the ten thousand! This made Saul angry—very angry. He took it as a personal insult. He said, "They credit David with ‘ten thousands' and me with only ‘thousands.' Before you know it they'll be giving him the kingdom!" From that moment on, Saul kept his eye on David.

2 Samuel 18:18
While alive, Absalom had erected for himself a pillar in the Valley of the King, "because," he said, "I have no son to carry on my name." He inscribed the pillar with his own name. To this day it is called "The Absalom Memorial."

Proverbs 14:20
An unlucky loser is shunned by all, but everyone loves a winner.

Proverbs 19:4
Wealth attracts friends as honey draws flies, but poor people are avoided like a plague.

Hebrews 7:1
Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of the Highest God. He met Abraham, who was returning from "the royal massacre," and gave him his blessing. Abraham in turn gave him a tenth of the spoils. "Melchizedek" means "King of Righteousness." "Salem" means "Peace." So, he is also "King of Peace." Melchizedek towers out of the past—without record of family ties, no account of beginning or end. In this way he is like the Son of God, one huge priestly presence dominating the landscape always.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Leviticus 11:0. The variations here, whether omissions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and circumstances of the speaker.

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 consequent temptation to an infraction of the command. The permissions now for the first time granted would have been useless in the wilderness. During the 40 years’ wandering there could be but little opportunity of selling such carcasses; while non-Israelites living in the camp would in such a matter be bound by the same rules as the Israelites Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 24:22. Further, it would seem (compare Leviticus 17:15) that greater stringency is here given to the requirement of abstinence from that which had died of itself. Probably on this, as on so many other points, allowance was made for the circumstances of the people. Flesh meat was no doubt often scarce in the desert. It would therefore have been a hardship to forbid entirely the use of that which had not been killed. However, now that the plenty of the promised land was before them, the modified toleration of this unholy food was withdrawn.