Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
and went to present the tribute to King Eglon of Moab. Now Eglon happened to be a very obese 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.
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 » Deliverance
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 3:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ehud
16 Ehud forged a double-edged sword that was one cubit long, tied it to his right thigh under his cloak, 17 and went to present the tribute to King Eglon of Moab. Now Eglon happened to be a very obese man. 18 As he finished presenting the tribute, Ehud sent away the people who had been carrying it.
Cross References
Judges 3:29
At that time they attacked about 10,000 Moabites, all of whom were strong and valiant men. Not one man escaped.
1 Samuel 2:29
Why, then, do all of you show contempt for my sacrifice and offering that I've commanded for my dwelling? And you honor your sons more than me in order to fatten yourselves from the best of all the offerings of my people Israel.'
Job 15:27
Though he covered his face with fat, and is grossly overweight at the waist,
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes bulge from obesity and the imaginations of their mind cross the border into sin.
Psalm 73:19
How desolate they quickly become, completely destroyed by calamities.
Jeremiah 5:28
and have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They don't argue the case of the orphan to secure justice. They don't defend the rights of the poor.
Jeremiah 50:11
"Though you rejoice, though you exult, you plunderers of my inheritance, though you skip around like a heifer in the grass and neigh like stallions,
Ezekiel 34:20
"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: "Watch me! I'm going to judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep,