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Judges 3:11

And the land had rest 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

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

8 Then kindled the anger of Yahweh upon Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, - and the sons of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim, eight years. 9 And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh, so Yahweh raised up a saviour unto the sons of Israel, who saved them, - even Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 10 And the Spirit of Yahweh came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war, and Yahweh delivered into his hand, Chushan-rishathaim, king of Syria, - and his hand prevailed over Chushan-rishathaim. 11 And the land had rest 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
And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,
Psalms 50:21
These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set thine offences in order before thine eyes.
Romans 3:20
Inasmuch as, by works of law, shall no flesh be declared righteous before him, - through law, in fact, is discovery of sin.

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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