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New Revised Standard
Judges 3:14
So the Israelites served King Eglon of Moab eighteen years.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The Israelites served King Eglon of Moab eighteen years.
The Israelites served King Eglon of Moab eighteen years.
Hebrew Names Version
The children of Yisra'el served `Eglon the king of Mo'av eighteen years.
The children of Yisra'el served `Eglon the king of Mo'av eighteen years.
King James Version
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Lexham English Bible
And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
English Standard Version
And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
New Century Version
So the people of Israel were ruled by Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years.
So the people of Israel were ruled by Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years.
New English Translation
The Israelites were subject to King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
The Israelites were subject to King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
Amplified Bible
And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
New American Standard Bible
And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab for eighteen years.
And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab for eighteen years.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the children of Israel serued Eglon king of Moab eighteene yeeres.
So the children of Israel serued Eglon king of Moab eighteene yeeres.
Legacy Standard Bible
But Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,
But Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,
Contemporary English Version
Then he ruled Israel for eighteen years and forced the Israelites to pay heavy taxes.
Then he ruled Israel for eighteen years and forced the Israelites to pay heavy taxes.
Complete Jewish Bible
and the people of Isra'el served ‘Eglon the king of Mo'av eighteen years.
and the people of Isra'el served ‘Eglon the king of Mo'av eighteen years.
Darby Translation
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Easy-to-Read Version
King Eglon of Moab ruled over the Israelites for 18 years.
King Eglon of Moab ruled over the Israelites for 18 years.
George Lamsa Translation
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Good News Translation
The Israelites were subject to Eglon for eighteen years.
The Israelites were subject to Eglon for eighteen years.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the children of Israel serued Eglon ye kynge of ye Moabites eightene yeare.
And the children of Israel serued Eglon ye kynge of ye Moabites eightene yeare.
American Standard Version
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Bible in Basic English
And the children of Israel were servants to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.
And the children of Israel were servants to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so the children of Israel serued Eglon the king of Moab .xviii. yeres.
And so the children of Israel serued Eglon the king of Moab .xviii. yeres.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
King James Version (1611)
So the children of Israel serued Eglon the King of Moab eighteene yeeres.
So the children of Israel serued Eglon the King of Moab eighteene yeeres.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years.
English Revised Version
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Berean Standard Bible
The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Israel serueden Eglon, kyng of Moab, eiytene yeer.
And the sones of Israel serueden Eglon, kyng of Moab, eiytene yeer.
Young's Literal Translation
and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Webster's Bible Translation
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
World English Bible
The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
New King James Version
So the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
So the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
New Living Translation
And the Israelites served Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
And the Israelites served Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
New Life Bible
The people of Israel worked for Eglon the king of Moab for eighteen years.
The people of Israel worked for Eglon the king of Moab for eighteen years.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the sons of Israel served Eglon king of Moab, eighteen years.
So the sons of Israel served Eglon king of Moab, eighteen years.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Israel served Eglon, king of Moab, eighteen years.
And the children of Israel served Eglon, king of Moab, eighteen years.
Revised Standard Version
And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
The sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Contextual Overview
12 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord strengthened King Eglon of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord . 13 In alliance with the Ammonites and the Amalekites, he went and defeated Israel; and they took possession of the city of palms. 14 So the Israelites served King Eglon of Moab eighteen years. 15 But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord , the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent tribute by him to King Eglon of Moab. 16 Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he fastened it on his right thigh under his clothes. 17 Then he presented the tribute to King Eglon of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. 18 When Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent the people who carried the tribute on their way. 19 But he himself turned back at the sculptured stones near Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." So the king said, "Silence!" and all his attendants went out from his presence. 20 Ehud came to him, while he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber, and said, "I have a message from God for you." So he rose from his seat. 21 Then Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into Eglon's belly;
Bible Verse Review
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served: Leviticus 26:23-25, Deuteronomy 28:40, Deuteronomy 28:47, Deuteronomy 28:48
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:29 - thou shalt be
Cross-References
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
Genesis 3:15
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel."
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel."
Genesis 3:20
The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person's blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind.
Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person's blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind.
Leviticus 20:25
You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; you shall not bring abomination on yourselves by animal or by bird or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean.
You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; you shall not bring abomination on yourselves by animal or by bird or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean.
Psalms 72:9
May his foes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
May his foes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
Isaiah 29:4
Then deep from the earth you shall speak, from low in the dust your words shall come; your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Then deep from the earth you shall speak, from low in the dust your words shall come; your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; but the serpent—its food shall be dust! They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord .
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; but the serpent—its food shall be dust! They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord .
Micah 7:17
they shall lick dust like a snake, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their fortresses; they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God, and they shall stand in fear of you.
they shall lick dust like a snake, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their fortresses; they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God, and they shall stand in fear of you.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
So the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years. Ten years longer than they served the king of Mesopotamia, Judges 3:8, as a severer correction of them for their relapse into idolatry.
