Judges 3:17

Judges 3:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
• New International Version (NIV)He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

Context of Judges 3:17

15And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab. 16Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man. 18After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it. 19But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

Judges 3:17 word by word

וַיַּקְרֵב֙ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה לְעֶגְל֖וֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב וְעֶגְל֕וֹן אִ֥ישׁ בָּרִ֖יא מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

• and broughtקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the tributeמִנְחָהminchâh · offering: tributeH4503
• to Eglonעֶגְלוֹן‛eglôn · EglonH5700
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• was an obeseמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• was an obeseבָּרִיאbârîy' · fatH1277
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376

Cross-references for Judges 3:17

• Judges 3:29At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
• 1 Samuel 2:29Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
• Job 15:27Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
• Psalms 73:7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
• Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
• Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
• Ezekiel 34:20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Commentaries on Judges 3:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Eglon was a very fat man - The בריא איש ish bari of the text is translated by the Septuagint , a very beautiful or polite man, and in the Syriac, a very rude man. It probably means what we call lusty or corpulent.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The Israelites did ill, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God punishes the sins of his own people in this world, Israel is weakened, and Moab strengthened against them. If lesser troubles do not do the work, God will send greater. When Israel prays again, God raises up Ehud. As a judge, or minister of Divine justice, Ehud put to death Eglon, the king of Moab, and thus executed the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-30In this epic story of intrigue and cleverness, Ehud showed bravery when a group of nations from east of the Jordan invaded the hill country of Ephraim and Benjamin. The story uses a familiar pattern and emphasizes the people's repeated turning away from their faith.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-3012-14. the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord--The Israelites, deprived of the moral and political influences of Othniel, were not long in following their native bias to idolatry. the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab--The reigning monarch's ambition was to recover that extensive portion of his ancient territory possessed by the Israelites. In conjunction with his neighbors, the Ammonites and the Amalekites, sworn enemies of…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 3:17

• Assassination
• Confidence
• Corpulency
• Dagger
• Deception
• Eglon
• Falsehood
• Gilgal
• Homicide
• Hypocrisy
• Israel
• Judge
• Regicide

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Close
• Dirt
• Ehud
• Errand
• Rest
• Secret
• Abdon (1)
• Crime; Crimes
• Israel, History of

Commentaries on Judges 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary