Judges 3:17 “and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.”

Judges 3:17

and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he brought the present unto 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.

American Standard Version

And he offered the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he presented ye gift vnto Eglon King of Moab (and Eglon was a very fat man)

Darby Translation

And he brought the gift to Eglon king of Moab; now Eglon was a very fat man.

Young's Literal Translation

and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon [is] a very fat man.

Bible in Basic English

And he took the offering to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.

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Cross references

“a very fat”

Job 15:27 Ezekiel 34:20 Judges 3:29 Psalm 73:19 Jeremiah 5:28 Jeremiah 50:11

Job 15:27 · BSB

Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

Ezekiel 34:20 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Judges 3:29 · BSB

At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.

Psalm 73:19 · BSB

How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Jeremiah 5:28 · BSB

They 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 · BSB

“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,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak

18After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.

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