Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon 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.
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.
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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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 3:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ehud
16 Ehud made himself a sword -- it had two edges and was eighteen inches long. He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh. 17 He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.) 18 After Ehud brought the tribute payment, he dismissed the people who had carried it.
Cross References
Judges 3:29
That day they killed about ten thousand Moabites -- all strong, capable warriors; not one escaped.
1 Samuel 2:29
Why are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.'
Job 15:27
Because he covered his face with fat, and made his hips bulge with fat,
Psalm 73:7
Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.
Psalm 73:19
How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
Jeremiah 5:28
That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
Jeremiah 50:11
"People of Babylonia, you plundered my people. That made you happy and glad. You frolic about like calves in a pasture. Your joyous sounds are like the neighs of a stallion.
Ezekiel 34:20
"'Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.