Judges 3:17

Christian Standard Bible ®

and brought the tribute to King Eglon of Moab, who was an extremely fat man.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He offered the tribute to `Eglon king of Mo'av: now `Eglon was a very fat man.

King James Version
And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

Lexham English Bible
Then he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

English Standard Version
And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

New Century Version
Ehud gave Eglon king of Moab the payment he demanded. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

New English Translation
He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

Amplified Bible
And he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

New American Standard Bible
Then he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he presented ye gift vnto Eglon King of Moab (and Eglon was a very fat man)

Legacy Standard Bible
But you, beloved, must remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Contemporary English Version
Ehud and some other Israelites took the taxes to Eglon, who was a very fat man. As soon as they gave the taxes to Eglon, Ehud said it was time to go home.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then he presented the tribute to ‘Eglon king of Mo'av. Now ‘Eglon was a very fat man.

Darby Translation
And he brought the gift to Eglon king of Moab; now Eglon was a very fat man.

Easy-to-Read Version
So Ehud brought the gift to King Eglon of Moab. Eglon was a very fat man.

George Lamsa Translation
And he brought the present to Eglon king of Moab; and King Eglon was a simple-minded man.

Good News Translation
Then he took the gifts to Eglon, who was a very fat man.

Literal Translation
And he brought the present to Eglon the king of Moab; and Eglon was a very fat man.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& broughte ye present vnto Eglon the kynge of ye Moabites. As for Eglon, he was a very fat man.

American Standard Version
And he offered the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.

Bible in Basic English
And he took the offering to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And caried the present vnto Eglon the king of Moab: (And Eglon was a very fatte man.)

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he offered the present unto Eglon king of Moab--now Eglon was a very fat man.

King James Version (1611)
And he brought the present vnto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he went, and brought the presents to Eglom king of Moab, and Eglom was a very handsome man.

English Revised Version
And he offered the present unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.

Berean Standard Bible
and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he brouyte yiftis to Eglon, the kyng of Moab; forsothe Eglon was ful fat.

Young's Literal Translation
and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon [is] a very fat man.

Update Bible Version
And he offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he brought the present to Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon [was] a very fat man.

World English Bible
He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.

New King James Version
So he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

New Living Translation
He brought the tribute money to Eglon, who was very fat.

New Life Bible
Then he brought the taxes to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

New Revised Standard
Then he presented the tribute to King Eglon of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he offered the present unto Eglon, king of Moab, - now, Eglon, was an exceedingly fat man.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he presented the gifts to Eglon, king of Moab Now Eglon was exceeding fat.

Revised Standard Version
And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

Contextual Overview

¹²The Israelites again did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. He gave King Eglon of Moab power over Israel, because they had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹³After Eglon convinced the Ammonites and the Amalekites to join forces with him, he attacked and defeated Israel and took possession of the City of Palms. ¹⁴The Israelites served King Eglon of Moab eighteen years. ¹⁵Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjaminite, as a deliverer for them. The Israelites sent him with the tribute for King Eglon of Moab. ¹⁶Ehud made himself a double-edged sword eighteen inches long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his clothes ¹⁷and brought the tribute to King Eglon of Moab, who was an extremely fat man. ¹⁸When Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he dismissed the people who had carried it. ¹⁹At the carved images near Gilgal he returned and said, “King Eglon, I have a secret message for you.” The king said, “Silence!” and all his attendants left him. ²⁰Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in his upstairs room where it was cool. Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you,” and the king stood up from his throne. ²¹Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a very fat: Judges 3:29, *marg. 1 Samuel 2:29, Job 15:27, Psalms 73:7, Psalms 73:19, Jeremiah 5:28, Jeremiah 50:11, Ezekiel 34:20

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden.

Genesis 3:3
But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”

Genesis 3:5
“In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Genesis 3:9
So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

Genesis 3:11
Then he asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

Genesis 3:13
So the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?”

Genesis 3:14
So the Lord God said to the serpent:

Genesis 3:16
He said to the woman:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he brought a present unto Eglon king of Moab,.... Accompanied by two servants, as Josephus says b, and who doubtless bore the presents; for that there were such with him that did is clear from Judges 3:18; nor can it be thought that so great a personage as a judge in Israel should go alone and carry a present in his own hands; though it is possible, when come to the king of Moab, he might take it from his servants, and deliver it to him with his own hands:

and Eglon [was] a very fat man: and so the less active, and unable to decline and avoid the stroke, he might see, when about to be given him.

b Antiqu. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 3:17. Eglon was a very fat man. — The איש בריא ish bari of the text is translated by the Septuagint ανηρ αστειος σφοδρα, a very beautiful or polite man, and in the Syriac, a very rude man. It probably means what we call lusty or corpulent.