# Judges 3.16
**Book:** [Judges](/codex/judges/) · NASB95
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 14. And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15. But when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. And the children of Israel sent tribute by him unto Eglon the king of Moab.
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> **16. And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.**
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> 17. And he offered the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man. 18. And when he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people that bare the tribute. (Judges 3:14-18, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 14. The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15. But when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
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> **16. Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.**
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> 17. He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. 18. When he had finished offering the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute. (Judges 3:14-18, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 14. So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15. But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand
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> **16. But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.**
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> 17. And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. 18. And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. (Judges 3:14-18, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 14. and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years. 15. And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man, shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab;
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> **16. and Ehud maketh for himself a sword, and it hath two mouths (a cubit [is] its length), and he girdeth it under his long robe on his right thigh;**
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> 17. and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon [is] a very fat man. 18. And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present, (Judges 3:14-18, YLT)
## Setting
- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_
## Theological reading
_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._
## Key words
_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._
- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.
## Quoted in
**Lexicon:**
- [H3409 - yarek](/codex/h3409-yarek/)
## Notes
_Your annotations._
## Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.