Judges 3 · Verse 17

Judges 3:17

And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
Judges 3:17, King James Version

Judges 3:17 in other translations

BSBand brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.
WEBHe offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
ASVAnd he offered the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.
YLTand he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon is a very fat man.
DARBYAnd he brought the gift to Eglon king of Moab; now Eglon was a very fat man.
BBEAnd he took the offering to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.
WebsterAnd he brought the present to Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

What does Judges 3:17 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 Eglon was a very fat man - The איש בריא ish bari of the text is translated by the Septuagint ανηρ αστειος σφοδρα, a very beautiful or polite man, and in the Syriac, a very rude man. It probably means what we call lusty or corpulent.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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Judges 3:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּקְרֵב֙vai.yak.Revand he brought nearH7126
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמִּנְחָ֔הha.min.Chahthe tributeH4503
לְעֶגְל֖וֹןle.'eg.Lonto EglonH5700
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
מוֹאָ֑בmo.'AvMoabH4124
וְעֶגְל֕וֹןve.'eg.Lonand EglonH5700
אִ֥ישׁ'ish[was] a manH376
בָּרִ֖יאba.Ri'fatH1277
מְאֹֽד\׃me.'OdveryH3966

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 3:17

  • Ezekiel 34:20

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

  • Job 15:27

    Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

  • Jeremiah 5:28

    They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

  • Judges 3:29

    And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.

  • Psalms 73:19

    How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

  • Jeremiah 50:11

    Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;

  • Psalms 73:7

    Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

  • 1 Samuel 2:29

    Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a very fat.
29; *marg:
1Sa 2:29; Job 15:27; Ps 73:7,19; Jer 5:28; 50:11; Eze 34:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 3:16

    But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

  • Judges 3:17

    And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

  • Judges 3:18

    And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.

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Judges 3:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y presentó el presente á Eglón rey de Moab; y era Eglón hombre muy grueso.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il offrit le présent à Églon, roi de Moab; or Églon était un homme très gras.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er überreichte das Geschenk Eglon, dem König von Moab. Eglon war aber ein sehr fetter Mann.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Obtulitque munera Eglon regi Moab. Erat autem Eglon crassus nimis.