Judges 3:14
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Judges 3:14 in other translations
| BSB | The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years. |
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| WEB | The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. |
| ASV | And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. |
| YLT | and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years. |
| DARBY | And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. |
| BBE | And the children of Israel were servants to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years. |
| Webster | So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. |
What does Judges 3:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 3:12-14
Jud 3:12-30. Ehud Slays Eglon. 12-14. 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…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 3:12-30
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…
Judges 3:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 3:14
- Leviticus 26:23-25
And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
- Deuteronomy 28:40
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
- Deuteronomy 28:47-48
Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
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Le 26:23-25; De 28:40,47,48
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Context
- Judges 3:13
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
- Judges 3:14
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
- Judges 3:15
But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
Judges 3:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y sirvieron los hijos de Israel á Eglón rey de los Moabitas diez y ocho años. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les fils d’Israël servirent Églon, roi de Moab, 18 ans. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Kinder Israel dienten Eglon, dem König von Moab, achtzehn Jahre. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Servieruntque filii Israël Eglon regi Moab decem et octo annis. |