He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
- BSB and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.
- NKJV So he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)
- NASB Then he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
- NLT He brought the tribute money to Eglon, who was very fat.
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Cross-references · 8
- Job 15:27because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
- Ezek 34:20Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
- Jer 50:11“Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;
- Ps 73:19How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
- Jer 5:28They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t judge the right of the needy.
- Judg 3:29They struck at that time about ten thousand men of Moab, every strong man, and every man of valor. No man escaped.
- Ps 73:7Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
- 1 Sam 2:29Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’
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