Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And he offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
New American Standard Bible
He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. 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.
Holman Bible
and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an extremely fat man.
International Standard Version
and went to present the tribute to King Eglon of Moab. Now Eglon happened to be a very obese man.
American Standard Version
And he offered the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.
Amplified
And he brought the tribute to 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.
Darby Translation
And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will bring the gift to Eglon, king of Moab: and Eglon a very fat man.
King James 2000
And he brought the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon [was] a very fat man.
Modern King James verseion
And he brought the present to Eglon king of Moab. And Eglon was a very fat man.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and brought the present unto Eglon the king of the Moabites. As for Eglon, he was a very fat man.
NET Bible
He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)
New Heart English Bible
He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.
The Emphasized Bible
So he offered the present unto Eglon, king of Moab, - now, Eglon, was an exceedingly fat man.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon is a very fat man.
Themes
Assassination » Instances of » Of eglon, by ehud
Confidence » Betrayed » Eglon, by ehud
Corpulency » Instances of » Eglon
Deception » Instances of » Ehud deceives eglon, and kills him
Eglon » King of moab » Assassinated by ehud
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ehud
Israel » Under the judges » Idolatry » King of moab » Repentance » Deliverance
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 3:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ehud
16 And Ehud made for himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length. And he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh. 17 And he offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. 18 And when he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the men who bore the tribute.
Cross References
Judges 3:29
And they smote about ten thousand men of Moab at that time, every robust man, and every man of valor, and there escaped not a man.
1 Samuel 2:29
Why do ye kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honor thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chief of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Job 15:27
because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins.
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish.
Psalm 73:19
How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.
Jeremiah 50:11
Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye who plunder my heritage, because ye are wanton as a heifer that treads out [the grain], and neigh as strong horses,
Ezekiel 34:20
Therefore thus says lord LORD to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.