Parallel Verses
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.
A Conservative Version
And he offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon 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.
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
Interlinear
Qarab
M@`od
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 3:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ehud
16 And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his clothes. 17 He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. 18 And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute.
Cross References
Judges 3:29
And they killed at that time about 10,000 of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped.
1 Samuel 2:29
Why then do you scorn my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?'
Job 15:27
because he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his waist
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.
Psalm 73:19
How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!
Jeremiah 5:28
they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Jeremiah 50:11
"Though you rejoice, though you exult, O plunderers of my heritage, though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture, and neigh like stallions,
Ezekiel 34:20
"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.