Deuteronomy 14:16

Revised Standard Version

the little owl and the great owl, the water hen

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 Living Translation
the little owl, the great owl, the barn 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,

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

Contextual Overview

¹ "You are the sons of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead. ² For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, out of all the peoples that are on the face of the earth. ³ "You shall not eat any abominable thing. ⁴ These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, ⁵ the hart, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain-sheep. ⁶ Every animal that parts the hoof and has the hoof cloven in two, and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. ⁷ Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cloven you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, are unclean for you. ⁸ And the swine, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. ⁹ "Of all that are in the waters you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat. ¹⁰ And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is 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
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 14:11
So the enemy took all the goods of Sodom and Gomor'rah, and all their provisions, and went their way;

Genesis 14:12
they also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Genesis 14:18
And Mel-chiz'edek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of God Most High.

Genesis 14:19
And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth;

1 Samuel 30:8
And David inquired of the LORD, "Shall I pursue after this band? Shall I overtake them?" He answered him, "Pursue; for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue."

Isaiah 41:2
Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings under foot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow.

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.