Judges 3:18
And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
Judges 3:18 in other translations
| BSB | After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it. |
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| WEB | When Ehud had finished offering the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute. |
| ASV | And when he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people that bare the tribute. |
| YLT | And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present, |
| DARBY | And it came to pass when he had ended offering the gift, he sent away the people that had borne the gift. |
| BBE | And after giving the offering, he sent away the people who had come with the offering. |
| Webster | And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bore the present. |
What does Judges 3:18 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Judges 3:18 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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.
- Judges 3:19
But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
Judges 3:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y luego que hubo presentado el don, despidió á la gente que lo había traído. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arriva que, lorsqu’il eut achevé d’offrir le présent, il renvoya les gens qui avaient apporté le présent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es geschah, als er mit der Überreichung des Geschenkes fertig war, da geleitete er das Volk, welches das Geschenk getragen hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cumque obtulisset ei munera, prosecutus est socios, qui cum eo venerant. |