God’s Word Translation
Judges 3:17
17Then he brought the tax payment to King Eglon. (Eglon was a very fat man.)
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
15Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help. The Lord sent a savior to rescue them. It was Ehud, a left-handed man from the tribe of Benjamin. (Ehud was the son of Gera.) The people sent him with their tax payment to King Eglon of Moab. 16Ehud made a two-edged dagger for himself. He fastened it to his right side under his clothes. Then he brought the tax payment to King Eglon. (Eglon was a very fat man.) 18When Ehud had finished delivering the payment, he sent back the men who had carried it. 19However, Ehud turned around at the stone idols near Gilgal ⌞and returned to Eglon⌟. He said, “Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.” The king replied, “Keep quiet!” Then all his advisers left the room.
Read all of Judges 3Judges 3:17 word by word
וַיַּקְרֵב֙ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה לְעֶגְל֖וֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב וְעֶגְל֕וֹן אִ֥ישׁ בָּרִ֖יא מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Judges 3:17
- Judges 3:29At that time they killed about ten thousand of Moab’s best fighting men. Not one of them escaped.
- 1 Samuel 2:29Why do you show no respect for my sacrifices and grain offerings that I have commanded people to make in my dwelling place? Why do you honor your sons more than me by making yourselves fat on the best of all the sacrifices offered by my people Israel?
- Job 15:27“His face is bloated with fat, and he is fat around the waist.
- Psalms 73:7Their eyes peer out from their fat faces, and their imaginations run wild.
- Jeremiah 5:28They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They don’t defend the rights of the poor.
- Jeremiah 50:11“You are happy and excited. You have looted the people who belong to me. You dance around like calves on the grass and neigh like stallions.
- Ezekiel 34:20“ ‘So this is what the Almighty Lord says to them: I will judge disputes between the fat sheep and the skinny 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
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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
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