Deuteronomy 14:17 - and the pelican and the vulture and

Verse In-Depth

Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 14:17.

Differing Translations

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KJV, WBT, YLT, AKJV

And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

DRA

And the cormorant, the porphirion, and the night crow,

DBY

and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,

CPDV

and the sea bird, the marsh hen, and the night raven,

Latin

Et pellicanus, et porphyrio, et mergulus,

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown's Comm. (1882)

gier eagle--The Hebrew word Rachemah is manifestly identical with Rachamah, the name which the Arabs give to the common vulture of Western Asia and Egypt (Neophron percnopterus). [See on Leviticus 11:18].
cormorant--rather, the plungeon; a seafowl. [See on Leviticus 11:17].

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