KJV King James Version
And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
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Leviticus 11:13
And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
WEB World English Bible
“‘These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture,
ASV American Standard Version
And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they are: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
Surrounding context — Leviticus 11
10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination unto you:
11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that [shall be] an abomination unto you.
13 And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
15 Every raven after his kind;
16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֵ֙לֶּה֙H428 · el.lehtheseתְּשַׁקְּצ֣וּH8262 · sha.qatsto detestמִן־H4480 · minfromהָע֔וֹףH5775 · ophbirdלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיֵאָכְל֖וּH398 · a.khalto eatשֶׁ֣קֶץH8263 · she.qetsdetestationהֵ֑םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַנֶּ֙שֶׁר֙H5404 · ne.shereagleוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַפֶּ֔רֶסH6538 · pe.resvultureוְאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]הָעָזְנִיָּֽה׃H5822 · oz.niy.yahvulture
Cross-references
Job 39:27-30Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?Jeremiah 48:40For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.Hosea 8:1[Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. [He shall come] as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.Deuteronomy 14:12-20But these [are they] of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.Habakkuk 1:8Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle [that] hasteth to eat.Romans 1:28-32And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;Jeremiah 4:22For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.Job 28:7[There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:Lamentations 4:19Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.Matthew 24:28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.Jeremiah 4:13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.Romans 3:13-17Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:Job 38:41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
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