Judges 3 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	These the nations which Jehovah left to try Israel by them, (all which knew not the wars of Canaan;	Now these are the nations that the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan.	These are the nations the LORD left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan
2	Only for the generations of the sons of Israel to know to teach them war, only who before knew not;)	It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before.	(he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):
3	Five princes of Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivite dwelling in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-Hermon.	These are the nations: the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath.	the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the Lebanon mountains from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
4	And they will be to try Israel by them to know whether they will hear the commands of Jehovah which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.	They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.	They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD’s commands, which he had given their ancestors through Moses.
5	And the sons of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:	So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.	The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
6	And they will take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters they will give to their sons, and they will serve their gods.	And their daughters they took to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they served their gods.	They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
7	And the sons of Israel will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and they will forget Jehovah their God, and they will serve the Baalims and the wooden pillars.	And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. They forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth.	The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
8	And the wrath of Jehovah will kindle against Israel, and he will sell them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram-Naharim: and the sons of Israel will serve Cushan-Rishathaim eight years.	Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.	The anger of the LORD burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim, to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.
9	And the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah, and Jehovah will raise up a saviour to the sons of Israel, and he will save them, Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother younger than he.	But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.	But when they cried out to the LORD, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who saved them.
10	And the spirit of Jehovah will be upon him, and he will judge Israel, and he will go forth to war: and Jehovah will give into his hand Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram; and his hand will be strong upon Cushan-Rishathaim.	The Spirit of the LORD was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the LORD gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.	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.
11	And the land will rest forty years: and Othniel, son of Kenaz, will die.	So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.	So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
12	And the sons of Israel will add to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah: and Jehovah will strengthen Eglon, king of Moab, against Israel, because they did evil in the eyes of Jehovah.	And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the LORD.	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.
13	And he will gather to him the sons of Ammon and Amalek, and he will go and smite Israel, and will inherit the city of palm-trees.	He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And they took possession of the city of palms.	Getting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.
14	And the sons of Israel will serve Eglon, king of Moab, eighteen years.	And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.	The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years.
15	And the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah, and Jehovah will raise up to them a saviour, Ehud, son of Gera, son of a Benjamite, a man shut up of his right hand: and the sons of Israel will send a gift by his hand to Eglon, king of Moab.	Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.	Again the Israelites cried out to the LORD, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
16	And Ehud will make to him a sword, and to it two mouths; a cubit its length: and he will gird it from under his garments upon his right thigh.	And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his clothes.	Now Ehud had made a double-edged sword about a cubit long, which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing.
17	And he will bring the gift to Eglon, king of Moab: and Eglon a very fat man.	And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.	He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man.
18	And it will be as he finished to bring the gift, and he will send away the people lifting up the gift.	And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute.	After Ehud had presented the tribute, he sent on their way those who had carried it.
19	And he turned back from the carved images which were at Gilgal, and he will say, A hidden word to me for thee, O king: and he will say, Silence! And all standing by him will go forth from him.	But he himself turned back at the idols near Gilgal and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” And he commanded, “Silence.” And all his attendants went out from his presence.	But on reaching the stone images near Gilgal he himself went back to Eglon and said, “Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.” The king said to his attendants, “Leave us!” And they all left.
20	And Ehud came to him; and he sat in an upper chamber of cooling, which was to him alone: and Ehud will say, A word of God to me for thee. And he will rise from off the throne.	And Ehud came to him as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” And he arose from his seat.	Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace and said, “I have a message from God for you.” As the king rose from his seat,
21	And Ehud will stretch forth his left hand, and will take the sword from off his right thigh, and he will drive it into his belly:	And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.	Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly.
22	And the handle will also go in after the flame, and the fat will shut upon the flame, for he drew not the sword out of his belly; and the dirt came out.	And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the dung came out.	Even the handle sank in after the blade, and his bowels discharged. Ehud did not pull the sword out, and the fat closed in over it.
23	And Ehud will come forth to the portico, and he will shut the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and fasten.	Then Ehud went out into the porch and closed the doors of the roof chamber behind him and locked them.	Then Ehud went out to the porch; he shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.
24	And he went forth, and his servants came in, and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber were fastened; and they will say, Surely he is covering his feet in the chamber of cooling.	When he had gone, the servants came, and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, “Surely he is relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber.”	After he had gone, the servants came and found the doors of the upper room locked. They said, “He must be relieving himself in the inner room of the palace.”
25	And they will delay till being ashamed: and behold, he opened not the doors of the upper chamber; and they will take a key and will open: and behold, their lord fallen upon the earth, dead.	And they waited till they were embarrassed. But when he still did not open the doors of the roof chamber, they took the key and opened them, and there lay their lord dead on the floor.	They waited to the point of embarrassment, but when he did not open the doors of the room, they took a key and unlocked them. There they saw their lord fallen to the floor, dead.
26	And Ehud was saved during their consternation; and he passed by the carved images and will be saved at the gates.	Ehud escaped while they delayed, and he passed beyond the idols and escaped to Seirah.	While they waited, Ehud got away. He passed by the stone images and escaped to Seirah.
27	And it will be in his coming out, and he will clang upon the trumpet in mount Ephraim, and the sons of Israel will go down with him from the mountain, and he before them.	When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim. Then the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was their leader.	When he arrived there, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down with him from the hills, with him leading them.
28	And he will say to them, Follow after me, for Jehovah gave your enemies, Moab, into your hand. And they will go down after him and will take the passages of Jordan toward Moab, and they gave not a man to pass over.	And he said to them, “Follow after me, for the LORD has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over.	“Follow me,” he ordered, “for the LORD has given Moab, your enemy, into your hands.” So they followed him down and took possession of the fords of the Jordan that led to Moab; they allowed no one to cross over.
29	And they will smite Moab in that time, about ten thousand men, every one fat and every man strong: and not a man was saved.	And they killed at that time about 10,000 of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped.	At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all vigorous and strong; not one escaped.
30	And Moab will be subdued in that day under the hand of Israel: and the land will rest eighty years.	So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.	That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.
31	And after him was Shamgar, son of Anath; and he will smite the Philistines, six hundred men with an oxgoad; and he also will deliver Israel.	After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel.	After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.
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