Judges 3:29

THE MESSAGE

At that time, they struck down about ten companies of Moabites, all of them well-fed and robust. Not one escaped. That day Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel. The land was quiet for eighty years.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all stout and able-bodied men. Not one of them escaped.

Hebrew Names Version
They struck of Mo'av at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.

King James Version
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.

Lexham English Bible
And they struck Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, all strong and able men; no one escaped.

English Standard Version
And they killed at that time about 10,000 of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped.

New Century Version
Israel killed about ten thousand strong and able men from Moab; not one escaped.

New English Translation
That day they killed about ten thousand Moabites—all strong, capable warriors; not one escaped.

Amplified Bible
They struck down at that time about ten thousand Moabite men, all strong, courageous men; not a man escaped.

New American Standard Bible
They struck and killed about ten thousand Moabites at that time, all robust and valiant men; and no one escaped.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they slewe of the Moabites the same time about ten thousand men, all fed men, & all were warriours, and there escaped not a man.

Legacy Standard Bible
En hulle het in dié tyd van Moab omtrent tien duisend man verslaan, almal goed geboude en almal dapper manne, en niemand het vrygekom nie.

Contemporary English Version
and before the fighting was over, they killed about ten thousand Moabite warriors—not one escaped alive.

Complete Jewish Bible
On that occasion they defeated Mo'av, some ten thousand men, all tough, experienced soldiers; not one of them escaped.

Darby Translation
And they slew the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand men, all fat, and all men of valour, and not a man escaped.

Easy-to-Read Version
They killed about 10,000 strong and brave men from Moab. Not one Moabite man escaped.

George Lamsa Translation
And they slew of the Moabites at that time about ten thousand men, all great and valiant men; and there escaped not a man.

Good News Translation
That day they killed about ten thousand of the best Moabite soldiers; none of them escaped.

Literal Translation
And they struck about ten thousand men of Moab at that time, every lusty man, all mighty men. And not a man escaped.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and at ye same tyme they smote of the Moabites vpo a ten thousande men, all nobles and men of armes, so that there escaped not one.

American Standard Version
And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.

Bible in Basic English
At that time they put about ten thousand men of Moab to the sword, every strong man and every man of war; not a man got away.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they slue of the Moabites the same time vpon a ten thousande men, which were all fatte, & men of warre, and there scaped not a man.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valour; and there escaped not a man.

King James Version (1611)
And they slewe of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour, and there escaped not a man.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they smote Moab on that day about ten thousand men, every lusty person and every mighty man; and not a man escaped.

English Revised Version
And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valour; and there escaped not a man.

Berean Standard Bible
At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei suffriden not ony man to passe, but thei smytiden Moabitis in that tyme aboute ten thousande, alle myyti men and stronge; no man of hem myyte ascape.

Young's Literal Translation
And they smite Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, all robust, and every one a man of valour, and not a man hath escaped,

Update Bible Version
And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every robust man, and every man of valor; and not a man escaped.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valor: and there escaped not a man.

World English Bible
They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.

New King James Version
And at that time they killed about ten thousand men of Moab, all stout men of valor; not a man escaped.

New Living Translation
They attacked the Moabites and killed about 10,000 of their strongest and most able-bodied warriors. Not one of them escaped.

New Life Bible
At that time they killed about 10,000 Moabites, all strong men with strength of heart. No one got away.

New Revised Standard
At that time they killed about ten thousand of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; no one escaped.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they smote of Moab, at that time, about ten thousand men, every one a mighty man, and every one a man of valour, - and, there escaped not a man.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But they slew of the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and valiant men: none of them could escape.

Revised Standard Version
And they killed at that time about ten thousand of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They struck down at that time about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men; and no one escaped.

Contextual Overview

¹²But the People of Israel went back to doing evil in God 's sight. So God made Eglon king of Moab a power against Israel because they did evil in God 's sight. He recruited the Ammonites and Amalekites and went out and struck Israel. They took the City of Palms. The People of Israel were in servitude to Eglon fourteen years. ¹⁵The People of Israel cried out to God and God raised up for them a savior, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjaminite. He was left-handed. The People of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon king of Moab. Ehud made himself a short two-edged sword and strapped it on his right thigh under his clothes. He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Eglon was grossly fat. After Ehud finished presenting the tribute, he went a little way with the men who had carried it. But when he got as far as the stone images near Gilgal, he went back and said, "I have a private message for you, O King." The king told his servants, "Leave." They all left. ²⁰Ehud approached him—the king was now quite alone in his cool rooftop room—and said, "I have a word of God for you." Eglon stood up from his throne. Ehud reached with his left hand and took his sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king's big belly. Not only the blade but the hilt went in. The fat closed in over it so he couldn't pull it out. Ehud slipped out by way of the porch and shut and locked the doors of the rooftop room behind him. Then he was gone. When the servants came, they saw with surprise that the doors to the rooftop room were locked. They said, "He's probably relieving himself in the restroom." ²⁵ They waited. And then they worried—no one was coming out of those locked doors. Finally, they got a key and unlocked them. There was their master, fallen on the floor, dead! ²⁶While they were standing around wondering what to do, Ehud was long gone. He got past the stone images and escaped to Seirah. When he got there, he sounded the trumpet on Mount Ephraim. The People of Israel came down from the hills and joined him. He took his place at their head. ²⁸ He said, "Follow me, for God has given your enemies—yes, Moab!—to you." They went down after him and secured the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites. They let no one cross over. ²⁹At that time, they struck down about ten companies of Moabites, all of them well-fed and robust. Not one escaped. That day Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel. The land was quiet for eighty years.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lusty: Heb. fat, Judges 3:17, Deuteronomy 32:15, Job 15:27, Psalms 17:10

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 8:2 - he smote 1 Chronicles 18:2 - He smote

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men,.... Who had been sent into the land of Israel to keep it in subjection, or had settled themselves there for their better convenience, profit, and pleasure; it is very probable there were some of both sorts:

all lusty, and all men of valour; the word for "lusty" signifies "fat", living in ease for a long time, and in a plentiful country were grown fat; and, according to Ben Gersom, it signifies rich men, such as had acquired wealth by living in the land of Canaan; or who came over Jordan thither and settled about Jericho, because of the delightfulness of the place, and others were stout and valiant soldiers, whom the king of Moab had placed there to keep the land in subjection he had subdued, and to subdue what remained of it; but they were all destroyed:

and there escaped not a man; for there being no other way of getting into the land of Moab but at the fords of Jordan they fell into the hands of the Israelites possessed of them, as they made up unto them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 3:29. All lusty, and all men of valour — Picked, chosen troops, which Eglon kept among the Israelites to reduce and overawe them.