Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

And he brought the present to Eglon king of Moab. And 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.

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 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קרב 
Qarab 
Usage: 280

the present
מנחה 
Minchah 
Usage: 211

עגלון 
`Eglown 
Usage: 13

מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

of Moab
מואב 
Mow'ab 
Usage: 181

and Eglon
עגלון 
`Eglown 
Usage: 13

fat
בּריא 
Bariy' 
Usage: 14

References

Context Readings

Ehud

16 But Ehud made himself a dagger which had two edges, a cubit long. And he tied it under his clothing upon his right thigh. 17 And he brought the present to Eglon king of Moab. And Eglon was a very fat man. 18 And when he had finished offering the present, he sent away the people who carried the present.

Cross References

Judges 3:29

And they killed about ten thousand of the men of Moab at that time, all lusty, and all men of might. And there did not escape a man.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why do you kick at My sacrifice and My offering, which I have commanded in My house? Do you honor your sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people?

Job 15:27

because he has covered his face with fat; he has put fat on his loins.

Psalm 73:7

Their eyes stand out with fatness; they have more than the heart could imagine.

Psalm 73:19

How have they been brought into grief, as in a moment! They are fully eaten up with terrors,

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.

Jeremiah 50:11

Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, O destroyers of My inheritance; because you are fat like the heifer in grass, and bellow like bulls;

Ezekiel 34:20

So the Lord Jehovah says this to them: Behold I Myself will even judge between the fat lamb and the lean lamb.

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