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Judges 3:11

Then the land had peace for forty years, and Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Forty;   Israel;   Judge;   Kenaz;   Nation;   Othniel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Forty Years;   Periods and Numbers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judgments;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abishua;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Number;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Rest;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Othniel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Achsah;   Judges, the Book of;   Number;   Othniel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Government;   Judges, Book of;   Othniel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Judah;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Quarry;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Numbers (2);   Saviour (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Kenaz ;   Othniel ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chushan-rishathaim;   Mesopotamia;   Othniel;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Four;   Judah (2);   Judges, Book of:;   Judges, Period of;   Kenaz;   Number;   Othniel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Forty, the Number;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The land had rest forty years. `Otni'el the son of Kenaz died.
King James Version
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Lexham English Bible
So the land rested forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
English Standard Version
So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
New Century Version
So the land was at peace for forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
New English Translation
The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
Amplified Bible
And the land was at rest [from oppression for] forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
New American Standard Bible
Then the land was at rest for forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the lande had rest fourtie yeeres, and Othniel the sonne of Kenaz dyed.
Legacy Standard Bible
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have poured themselves into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
Contemporary English Version
and Israel was at peace until Othniel died about forty years later.
Complete Jewish Bible
So the land had rest for forty years, until ‘Otni'el the son of K'naz died.
Darby Translation
And the land had rest forty years; and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the land was at peace for 40 years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
George Lamsa Translation
And the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Good News Translation
There was peace in the land for forty years, and then Othniel died.
Literal Translation
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then was the londe in rest fortye yeares. And Athniel the sonne of Kenas dyed.
American Standard Version
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Bible in Basic English
Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the land had rest fourtie yeres: and Othoniel the sonne of Kenes died.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
King James Version (1611)
And the land had rest forty yeres: and Othniel the sonne of Kenaz died.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the land was quiet forty years; and Gothoniel the son of Kenez died.
English Revised Version
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Berean Standard Bible
So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the lond restide fourti yeer; and Othonyel, sone of Ceneth, diede.
Young's Literal Translation
and the land resteth forty years. And Othniel son of Kenaz dieth,
Update Bible Version
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the land had rest forty years: and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
World English Bible
The land had rest forty years. Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
New King James Version
So the land had rest for forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
New Living Translation
So there was peace in the land for forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
New Life Bible
The land had rest for forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
New Revised Standard
So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the land had rest forty years, - and Othniel son of Kenaz, died.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the land rested forty years, and Othoniel, the son of Cenez, died.
Revised Standard Version
So the land had rest forty years. Then Oth'ni-el the son of Kenaz died.
THE MESSAGE
The land was quiet for forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Contextual Overview

8The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years. 9The Israelites cried out to the Lord. So the Lord raised up Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s youngest brother, as a deliverer to save the Israelites. 10The Spirit of the Lord came on him, and he judged Israel. Othniel went out to battle, and the Lord handed over King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram to him, so that Othniel overpowered him. 11Then the land had peace for forty years, and Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the land: Judges 3:30, Judges 5:31, Judges 8:28, Joshua 11:23, Esther 9:22

Othniel: Judges 3:9, Joshua 15:17, 1 Chronicles 4:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:15 - rest Joshua 14:15 - And the land Judges 2:19 - when the Judges 10:11 - children Judges 11:26 - three hundred 1 Samuel 7:15 - judged 2 Chronicles 14:6 - for the land Nehemiah 9:28 - did evil again

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
Then he said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!
Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent;you thought I was just like you.But I will rebuke youand lay out the case before you.
Romans 3:20
For no one will be justified in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the land had rest forty years,.... As it should seem from the time of this deliverance; though, according to Ben Gersom and Abarbinel, the eight years' servitude are to be included in them; and Bishop Usher r reckons these forty years from the rest first settled in the land by Joshua; but the former sense seems best:

and Othniel the son of Kenaz died: not at the end of the forty years; it is not likely he should live so long, but when he died is not certain; Eusebius s says he judged Israel fifty years.

r Anual. Vet. Test. p. 42. s Evangel. Praepar. l. 1O. c. 14. p. 502.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The land - means here, as in Judges 1:2, not the whole land of Canaan, but the part concerned, probably the land of the tribe of Judah. Forty years, here and elsewhere, is (like fourscore years, Judges 3:30) a round number, perhaps equivalent to a generation.


 
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