Deuteronomy 14:16

New Living Translation

the little owl, the great owl, the barn owl,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
little owls, long-eared owls,

Hebrew Names Version
the kos, and the yanshuf, and the tanshemet,

King James Version
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

Lexham English Bible
the little owl and the great owl and the barn owl,

English Standard Version
the little owl and the short-eared owl, the barn owl

New Century Version
little owls, great owls, white owls,

New English Translation
the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl,

Amplified Bible
the little owl, the great owl, the long-eared owl,

New American Standard Bible
the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Neither the litle owle, nor the great owle, nor the redshanke,

Legacy Standard Bible
the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

Complete Jewish Bible
little owls, great owls, horned owls,

Darby Translation
the owl, and the ibis and the swan,

Easy-to-Read Version
little owls, great owls, white owls,

George Lamsa Translation
The stork, the hoopoe after its kind,

Literal Translation
the little owl, and the eared owl, and the barn owl,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the litle Oule, the greate Oule, ye Backe,

American Standard Version
the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,

Bible in Basic English
The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The litle Owle, the great Owle, nor the Redshanke.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl;

King James Version (1611)
The little owle, and the great owle, and the swanne,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the heron, and the swan, and the stork,

English Revised Version
the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl;

Berean Standard Bible
the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and an hauk bi his kynde, a fawcun,

Young's Literal Translation
the [little] owl, and the [great] owl, and the swan,

Update Bible Version
the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,

Webster's Bible Translation
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

World English Bible
the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,

New King James Version
the little owl, the screech owl, the white owl,

New Life Bible
the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

New Revised Standard
the little owl and the great owl, the water hen

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the pelican and the bittern, and the swan;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The heron, and the swan, and the stork,

Revised Standard Version
the little owl and the great owl, the water hen

New American Standard Bible (1995)
the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

Contextual Overview

¹ "Since you are the people of the Lord your God, never cut yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead. ² You have been set apart as holy to the Lord your God, and he has chosen you from all the nations of the earth to be his own special treasure. ³ "You must not eat any detestable animals that are ceremonially unclean. ⁴ These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, ⁵ the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the addax, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. ⁶ "You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud, ⁷ but if the animal doesn't have both, it may not be eaten. So you may not eat the camel, the hare, or the hyrax. They chew the cud but do not have split hooves, so they are ceremonially unclean for you. ⁸ And you may not eat the pig. It has split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is ceremonially unclean for you. You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses. ⁹ "Of all the marine animals, you may eat whatever has both fins and scales. ¹⁰ You may not, however, eat marine animals that do not have both fins and scales. They are ceremonially unclean for you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the swan: Tinshemeth, probably, as Michaelis supposes, the goose. Deuteronomy 14:16

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

Genesis 14:11
The victorious invaders then plundered Sodom and Gomorrah and headed for home, taking with them all the spoils of war and the food supplies.

Genesis 14:12
They also captured Lot—Abram's nephew who lived in Sodom—and carried off everything he owned.

Genesis 14:18
And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High, brought Abram some bread and wine.

Genesis 14:19
Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing: "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.

1 Samuel 30:8
Then David asked the Lord , "Should I chase after this band of raiders? Will I catch them?" And the Lord told him, "Yes, go after them. You will surely recover everything that was taken from you!"

Isaiah 41:2
"Who has stirred up this king from the east, rightly calling him to God's service? Who gives this man victory over many nations and permits him to trample their kings underfoot? With his sword, he reduces armies to dust. With his bow, he scatters them like chaff before the wind.

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.