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Good News Translation

Judges 3:17

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assassination;   Confidence;   Corpulency;   Dagger;   Deception;   Eglon;   Falsehood;   Gilgal;   Homicide;   Hypocrisy;   Israel;   Judge;   Regicide;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Presents;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abishua;   Eglon;   Ehud;   Moabites;   Thigh;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ehud;   Moabite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amalekites;   Bela;   Eglon;   Ehud;   Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arms and Armor;   Dagger;   Government;   Judges, Book of;   Left Hand;   Moab and the Moabite Stone;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ehud;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Judah;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Moab, Moabites;   Quarry;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eglon ;   Ehud ;   Moab, Moabites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ehud;   Mesopotamia;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mo'ab;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crime;   Judges, Book of:;   Sacrifice;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Benjamin;   Ehud;   Joshua, Book of;   Moab;   Right and Left;   Sword;  

Parallel Translations

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

12 The people of Israel sinned against the Lord again. Because of this the Lord made King Eglon of Moab stronger than Israel. 13 Eglon joined the Ammonites and the Amalekites; they defeated Israel and captured Jericho, the city of palm trees. 14 The Israelites were subject to Eglon for eighteen years. 15 Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord , and he sent someone to free them. This was Ehud, a left-handed man, who was the son of Gera, from the tribe of Benjamin. The people of Israel sent Ehud to King Eglon of Moab with gifts for him. 16 Ehud had made himself a double-edged sword about a foot and a half long. He had it fastened on his right side under his clothes. 17 Then he took the gifts to Eglon, who was a very fat man. 18 When Ehud had given him the gifts, he told the men who had carried them to go back home. 19 But Ehud himself turned back at the carved stones near Gilgal, went back to Eglon, and said, "Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you." So the king ordered his servants, "Leave us alone!" And they all went out. 20 Then, as the king was sitting there alone in his cool room on the roof, Ehud went over to him and said, "I have a message from God for you." The king stood up. 21 With his left hand Ehud took the sword from his right side and plunged it into the king'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
"We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden," the woman answered,
Genesis 3:3
"except the tree in the middle of it. God told us not to eat the fruit of that tree or even touch it; if we do, we will die."
Genesis 3:5
God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be like God and know what is good and what is bad."
Genesis 3:6
The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it.
Genesis 3:7
As soon as they had eaten it, they were given understanding and realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and covered themselves.
Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called out to the man, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:11
"Who told you that you were naked?" God asked. "Did you eat the fruit that I told you not to eat?"
Genesis 3:13
The Lord God asked the woman, "Why did you do this?" She replied, "The snake tricked me into eating it."
Genesis 3:14
Then the Lord God said to the snake, "You will be punished for this; you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live.
Genesis 3:16
And he said to the woman, "I will increase your trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for your husband, yet you will be subject to him."

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.


 
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