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Judges 3:14
And the children of Israel were servants to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The Israelites served King Eglon of Moab eighteen years.
The Israelites served King Eglon of Moab eighteen years.
Hebrew Names Version
The children of Yisra'el served `Eglon the king of Mo'av eighteen years.
The children of Yisra'el served `Eglon the king of Mo'av eighteen years.
King James Version
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Lexham English Bible
And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
English Standard Version
And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
New Century Version
So the people of Israel were ruled by Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years.
So the people of Israel were ruled by Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years.
New English Translation
The Israelites were subject to King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
The Israelites were subject to King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
Amplified Bible
And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
New American Standard Bible
And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab for eighteen years.
And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab for eighteen years.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the children of Israel serued Eglon king of Moab eighteene yeeres.
So the children of Israel serued Eglon king of Moab eighteene yeeres.
Legacy Standard Bible
But Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,
But Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,
Contemporary English Version
Then he ruled Israel for eighteen years and forced the Israelites to pay heavy taxes.
Then he ruled Israel for eighteen years and forced the Israelites to pay heavy taxes.
Complete Jewish Bible
and the people of Isra'el served ‘Eglon the king of Mo'av eighteen years.
and the people of Isra'el served ‘Eglon the king of Mo'av eighteen years.
Darby Translation
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Easy-to-Read Version
King Eglon of Moab ruled over the Israelites for 18 years.
King Eglon of Moab ruled over the Israelites for 18 years.
George Lamsa Translation
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Good News Translation
The Israelites were subject to Eglon for eighteen years.
The Israelites were subject to Eglon for eighteen years.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the children of Israel serued Eglon ye kynge of ye Moabites eightene yeare.
And the children of Israel serued Eglon ye kynge of ye Moabites eightene yeare.
American Standard Version
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so the children of Israel serued Eglon the king of Moab .xviii. yeres.
And so the children of Israel serued Eglon the king of Moab .xviii. yeres.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
King James Version (1611)
So the children of Israel serued Eglon the King of Moab eighteene yeeres.
So the children of Israel serued Eglon the King of Moab eighteene yeeres.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years.
English Revised Version
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Berean Standard Bible
The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Israel serueden Eglon, kyng of Moab, eiytene yeer.
And the sones of Israel serueden Eglon, kyng of Moab, eiytene yeer.
Young's Literal Translation
and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Webster's Bible Translation
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
World English Bible
The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
New King James Version
So the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
So the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
New Living Translation
And the Israelites served Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
And the Israelites served Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
New Life Bible
The people of Israel worked for Eglon the king of Moab for eighteen years.
The people of Israel worked for Eglon the king of Moab for eighteen years.
New Revised Standard
So the Israelites served King Eglon of Moab eighteen years.
So the Israelites served King Eglon of Moab eighteen years.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the sons of Israel served Eglon king of Moab, eighteen years.
So the sons of Israel served Eglon king of Moab, eighteen years.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Israel served Eglon, king of Moab, eighteen years.
And the children of Israel served Eglon, king of Moab, eighteen years.
Revised Standard Version
And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
The sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Contextual Overview
12 Then the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord made Eglon, king of Moab, strong against Israel, because they had done evil in the Lord's eyes. 13 And Eglon got together the people of Ammon and Amalek, and they went and overcame Israel and took the town of palm-trees. 14 And the children of Israel were servants to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years. 15 Then when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man; and the children of Israel sent an offering by him to Eglon, king of Moab. 16 So Ehud made himself a two-edged sword, a cubit long, which he put on at his right side under his robe. 17 And he took the offering to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man. 18 And after giving the offering, he sent away the people who had come with the offering. 19 But he himself, turning back from the stone images at Gilgal, said, I have something to say to you in secret, O king. And he said, Let there be quiet. Then all those who were waiting before him went out. 20 Then Ehud came in to him while he was seated by himself in his summer-house. And Ehud said, I have a word from God for you. And he got up from his seat. 21 And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
served: Leviticus 26:23-25, Deuteronomy 28:40, Deuteronomy 28:47, Deuteronomy 28:48
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:29 - thou shalt be
Cross-References
Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?
Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?
Genesis 3:15
And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
Genesis 3:20
And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.
And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
Leviticus 20:25
So then, make division between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the clean bird and the unclean: do not make yourselves disgusting by any beast or bird or anything which goes flat on the earth, which has been marked by me as unclean for you.
So then, make division between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the clean bird and the unclean: do not make yourselves disgusting by any beast or bird or anything which goes flat on the earth, which has been marked by me as unclean for you.
Psalms 72:9
Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.
Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.
Isaiah 29:4
And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out of the dust; and your voice will come out of the earth like that of a spirit, making bird-like noises out of the dust.
And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out of the dust; and your voice will come out of the earth like that of a spirit, making bird-like noises out of the dust.
Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb will take their food together, and the lion will make a meal of grass like the ox: but dust will be the snake's food. There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.
The wolf and the lamb will take their food together, and the lion will make a meal of grass like the ox: but dust will be the snake's food. There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.
Micah 7:17
They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.
They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
So the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years. Ten years longer than they served the king of Mesopotamia, Judges 3:8, as a severer correction of them for their relapse into idolatry.