KJV King James Version
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
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Leviticus 11:16
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
WEB World English Bible
the horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind of hawk,
ASV American Standard Version
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,
Surrounding context — 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,
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,
17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
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Ephesians 4:18-19Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:1 Thessalonians 5:5-7Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.Philippians 3:18-19(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:John 3:19-21And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.Ephesians 5:7-11Be not ye therefore partakers with them.Ephesians 2:2-3Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:Isaiah 34:11-15But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.Revelation 18:2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.Psalm 102:6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.Isaiah 13:21-22But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.Deuteronomy 14:15-18And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
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