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Judges 3:17

Then he brought the taxes to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon 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.
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 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 in the eyes of the Lord again. So the Lord gave Eglon king of Moab strength against Israel, because they had sinned in the eyes of the Lord. 13 Eglon gathered together with the people of Ammon and Amalek. They went and won the war against Israel. And they took the city of Jericho. 14 The people of Israel worked for Eglon the king of Moab for eighteen years. 15 But when the people of Israel cried to the Lord, the Lord gave them someone to save them. He gave them Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent taxes by him to Eglon the king of Moab. 16 Ehud made a sword for himself with two sharp sides, almost as long as an arm. He tied it to the top part of his right leg, under his coat. 17 Then he brought the taxes to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. 18 When Ehud had finished paying the taxes, he sent away the people who had carried the taxes. 19 But he himself turned around at the stone gods of Gilgal and returned to Eglon, saying, "I have secret news for you, O king." Eglon said, "Keep quiet." And all who stood by him went away from him. 20 Ehud came to him while Eglon was sitting alone in his summer room. And Ehud said, "I have news from God for you." The king got up from his seat. 21 Ehud put out his left hand, took the sword from his right leg, and pushed it into Eglon's stomach.

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
Then the woman said to the snake, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:3
But from the tree which is in the center of the garden, God has said, ‘Do not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.'"
Genesis 3:5
For God knows that when you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and bad."
Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was good for food, and pleasing to the eyes, and could fill the desire of making one wise. So she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were without clothes. So they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves clothing.
Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man. He said to him, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:11
The Lord God said, "Who told you that you were without clothes? Have you eaten from the tree of which I told you not to eat?"
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The snake fooled me, and I ate."
Genesis 3:14
Then the Lord God said to the snake, "Because you have done this, you will be hated and will suffer more than all cattle, and more than every animal of the field. You will go on your stomach and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said, "I will make your pain much worse in giving birth. You will give birth to children in pain. Yet your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

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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