Judges 3:11
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New International Version (©2011)
So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So there was peace in the land for forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then the land was peaceful 40 years, and Othniel son of Kenaz died.

International Standard Version (©2012)
As a result, the land was quiet for 40 years. Then Kenaz' son Othniel died.

NET Bible (©2006)
The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So there was finally peace in the land for 40 years. Then Othniel, son of Kenaz, died.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

American King James Version
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

American Standard Version
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the land rested forty years, and Othoniel the son of Cenez died.

Darby Bible Translation
So the land had rest forty years. Then Oth'ni-el the son of Kenaz died.

English Revised Version
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the land had rest forty years: and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

World English Bible
The land had rest forty years. Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Young's Literal Translation
and the land resteth forty years. And Othniel son of Kenaz dieth,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:8-11 The first judge was Othniel: even in Joshua's time Othniel began to be famous. Soon after Israel's settlement in Canaan their purity began to be corrupted, and their peace disturbed. But affliction makes those cry to God who before would scarcely speak to him. God returned in mercy to them for their deliverance. The Spirit of the Lord came upon Othniel. The Spirit of wisdom and courage to qualify him for the service, and the Spirit of power to excite him to it. He first judged Israel, reproved and reformed them, and then went to war. Let sin at home be conquered, that worst of enemies, then enemies abroad will be more easily dealt with. Thus let Christ be our Judge and Lawgiver, then he will save us.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 11. - And Othniel, etc. The arrangement of this verse suggests that Othniel lived through the whole forty years of rest, but this is highly improbable. The first part of the verse only belongs to the preceding section, which it closes quite naturally. The result of Othniel's victories was a rest of forty years (cf. ver. 30; 5:31; 8:28, etc.). The latter half of the verse - And Othniel the son of Kenaz died - begins a new section, and is introductory to the first apostasy, which followed after his death.

CHAPTER 3:13-31

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the land had rest forty years,.... As it should seem from the time of this deliverance; though, according to Ben Gersom and Abarbinel, the eight years' servitude are to be included in them; and Bishop Usher (r) reckons these forty years from the rest first settled in the land by Joshua; but the former sense seems best:

and Othniel the son of Kenaz died: not at the end of the forty years; it is not likely he should live so long, but when he died is not certain; Eusebius (s) says he judged Israel fifty years.

(r) Anual. Vet. Test. p. 42. (s) Evangel. Praepar. l. 1O. c. 14. p. 502.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

11. Othniel … died—How powerful the influence of one good man is, in church or state, is best found in his loss [Bishop Hall].

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Othniel
…9And when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 10And the Spirit of the LORD came on him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim. 11And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Judges 3:10 The Spirit of the LORD came on him, so that he became Israel's judge and went to war. The LORD gave Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him.
Judges 3:12 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and because they did this evil the LORD gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel.
Nehemiah 9:28 "But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight. Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you heard from heaven, and in your compassion you delivered them time after time.