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Deuteronomy 14:12–19

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12Now these are the ones you shall not eat any of them:s the eagle and the vulture and the short-toed eagle,t 13and the red kiteu and the black kite or any kind of falcon,v 14and any kind of croww according to its kind, 15and the ostrichx and the short-eared owl and the seagully and the hawk according to its kind, 16the little owl and the great owl and the barn owl,z 17and the desert owla and the carrion vultureb and the cormorant,c 18and the stork and the heron according to its kind and the hoopoe and the bat. 19And also all of the winged insects;d they are unclean for you; you shall not eat them.

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Footnotes

  1. sLiterally “from them”
  2. tThis list of birds is difficult to translate since the terms are not definitely known: e.g., some translations render the last bird as a “buzzard” (NASV); other translations give different names for all three: griffon vulture, black vulture, bearded vulture (NEB)
  3. uVarious options are available: large bird, kite, red kite, glede, buzzard
  4. vLiterally “or the falcon according to its kind”; other options for falcon: bird, falcon, kite (others as carrion-bird), vulture, crow or raven, buzzard
  5. wOr others translate as “raven”
  6. xLiterally “daughter of the ostrich”; others “desert owl”
  7. yOr “long-eared owl”
  8. zOr “white owl”
  9. aOr “large bird” or “horned-owl”
  10. bOr “large bird”
  11. cOr “large bird,” or “fisher-owl”
  12. dLiterally “the swarmers of the flyers” or “all the swarms of things that fly”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, the kite, the falcon of any kind; every raven of any kind; the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind; the little owl and the short-eared owl, the barn owl and the tawny owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant, the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat. And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, the red kite, the black kite, any kind of falcon, any kind of raven, the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant, the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

but these are the ones you may not eat:

eagles, bearded vultures,

black vultures, the kites,

any kind of falcon,

every kind of raven, ostriches,

short-eared owls, gulls,

any kind of hawk,

little owls, long-eared owls,

barn owls, eagle owls,

ospreys, cormorants, storks,

any kind of heron,

hoopoes, and bats.

All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

NLTNew Living Translation

These are the birds you may not eat: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, the kite, the falcon, buzzards of all kinds, ravens of all kinds, the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the seagull, hawks of all kinds, the little owl, the great owl, the barn owl, the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture, the cormorant, the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.

“All winged insects that walk along the ground are ceremonially unclean for you and may not be eaten.

KJV 1900King James Version

But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, And every raven after his kind, And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.