Judges 3

1 and these [the] nation which to rest LORD to/for to test in/on/with them [obj] Israel [obj] all which not to know [obj] all battle Canaan

The following are the nations the Lord left and used to test all those Israelites who had not known what it was like to be part of any of the wars in Canaan.

2 except because to know generation son: descendant/people Israel to/for to learn: teach them battle except which to/for face: before not to know them

(He did so to teach warfare to the later generations of Israel, particularly to those who had not previously experienced it.)

3 five lord Philistine and all [the] Canaanite and [the] Sidonian and [the] Hivite to dwell mountain: mount [the] (Mount) Lebanon from mountain: mount (Mount) Baal-hermon (Mount) Baal-hermon till Lebo-(Hamath) Hamath

They are: the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

4 and to be to/for to test in/on/with them [obj] Israel to/for to know to hear: obey [obj] commandment LORD which to command [obj] father their in/on/with hand: power Moses

They were left there be to a test for the Israelites, to find out whether the Israelites would keep the Lord's commandments which he had given their forefathers through Moses.

5 and son: descendant/people Israel to dwell in/on/with entrails: among [the] Canaanite [the] Hittite and [the] Amorite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite

They lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

6 and to take: marry [obj] daughter their to/for them to/for woman: wife and [obj] daughter their to give: give(marriage) to/for son: child their and to serve: minister [obj] God their

The Israelites intermarried with them, marrying their daughters, giving their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.

7 and to make: do son: descendant/people Israel [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to forget [obj] LORD God their and to serve: minister [obj] [the] Baal and [obj] [the] Asherah

The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight. They ignored the Lord their God and worshiped the images of Baals and Asherahs.

8 and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with Israel and to sell them in/on/with hand: power Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim king Mesopotamia Mesopotamia and to serve son: descendant/people Israel [obj] Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim eight year

The Lord became angry with Israel, so he sold them to Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram Naharaim. The Israelites were subject to Cushan-Rishathaim for eight years.

9 and to cry out son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) LORD and to arise: raise LORD to save to/for son: descendant/people Israel and to save them [obj] Othniel son: child Kenaz brother: male-sibling Caleb [the] small: young from him

But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, he provided someone to rescue them, Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, and he saved them.

10 and to be upon him spirit LORD and to judge [obj] Israel and to come out: come to/for battle and to give: give LORD in/on/with hand: power his [obj] Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim king Mesopotamia and be strong hand: power his upon Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim

The Spirit of the Lord came on him, and he became Israel's judge. He went to war with Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram, and the Lord handed the king over to Othniel, who was victorious.

11 and to quiet [the] land: country/planet forty year and to die Othniel son: child Kenaz

As a result, the country was a peace for forty years until Othniel, son of Kenaz, died.

12 and to add: again son: descendant/people Israel to/for to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to strengthen: strengthen LORD [obj] Eglon king Moab upon Israel upon for to make: do [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD

But once again the Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight, and because they did this the Lord gave power to Eglon, king of Moab, to conquer Israel.

13 and to gather to(wards) him [obj] son: descendant/people Ammon and Amalek and to go: went and to smite [obj] Israel and to possess: take [obj] Ir-hatmarim [the] Ir-hatmarim

Eglon had the Ammonites and the Amalekite join him, and then attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

14 and to serve son: descendant/people Israel [obj] Eglon king Moab eight ten year

The Israelites were subject to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.

15 and to cry out son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) LORD and to arise: raise LORD to/for them to save [obj] Ehud son: child Gera Benjaminite [the] Benjaminite man lefthanded hand right his and to send: depart son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with hand: by his offering: tribute to/for Eglon king Moab

Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, and he provided someone to rescue them, Ehud, son of Gera the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to pay the tribute to Eglon, king of Moab.

16 and to make to/for him Ehud sword and to/for her two two-edged short cubit length her and to gird [obj] her from underneath: under to/for garment his upon thigh right his

Ehud had made for himself a cubit long double-edged sword, and he strapped it to his right thigh under his clothes.

17 and to present: bring [obj] [the] offering: tribute to/for Eglon king Moab and Eglon man fat much

He came and presented the tribute to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.

18 and to be like/as as which to end: finish to/for to present: bring [obj] [the] offering: tribute and to send: depart [obj] [the] people to lift: bear [the] offering: tribute

Then after delivering the tribute he sent home those who had helped carry it.

19 and he/she/it to return: turn back from [the] idol which with [the] Gilgal and to say word secrecy to/for me to(wards) you [the] king and to say to silence and to come out: come from upon him all [the] to stand: appoint upon him

But when he reached the stone idols near Gilgal, he turned back. He went to see Eglon, and told him, “Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.” The king told his attendants, “Silence!” and they all left.

20 and Ehud to come (in): come to(wards) him and he/she/it to dwell in/on/with upper room [the] cool which to/for him to/for alone him and to say Ehud word God to/for me to(wards) you and to arise: rise from upon [the] throne

Ehud then went over to where Eglon was sitting alone in his cool upstairs room, and told him, “I have a message from God for you.” As the king got up from his seat,

21 and to send: reach Ehud [obj] hand left his and to take: take [obj] [the] sword from upon thigh right his and to blow her in/on/with belly: abdomen his

Ehud grabbed his sword with his left hand from his right thigh and drove it into Eglon's belly.

22 and to come (in): come also [the] hilt after [the] flame and to shut [the] fat about/through/for [the] flame for not to draw [the] sword from belly: abdomen his and to come out: issue [the] refuse [to]

The handle went in with the blade and the fat closed over it. So Ehud didn't pull the sword out, and the king defecated.

23 and to come out: come Ehud [the] porch [to] and to shut door [the] upper room about/through/for him and to lock

Then Ehud closed and locked the doors, and escaped through the toilet.

24 and he/she/it to come out: come and servant/slave his to come (in): come and to see: see and behold door [the] upper room to lock and to say surely to cover he/she/it [obj] foot his in/on/with chamber [the] cool

After he had left, the servants came and saw that the doors of the room were locked. “He must be using the toilet,” they concluded.

25 and to twist: anticipate till be ashamed and behold nothing he to open door [the] upper room and to take: take [obj] [the] key and to open and behold lord their to fall: kill land: soil [to] to die

So they waited until they couldn't stand it any more, and since he still hadn't opened the doors of the room, they went and found the key and opened the doors. There was their lord, lying dead on the floor.

26 and Ehud to escape till to delay they and he/she/it to pass [obj] [the] idol and to escape [the] Seirah [to]

While the servants delayed acting, Ehud escaped, passing the stone idols and on to Seirah.

27 and to be in/on/with to come (in): come he and to blow in/on/with trumpet in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim and to go down with him son: descendant/people Israel from [the] mountain: hill country and he/she/it to/for face: before their

When he got there, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites joined him. They went down from the hills, with Ehud leading them.

28 and to say to(wards) them to pursue after me for to give: give LORD [obj] enemy your [obj] Moab in/on/with hand: power your and to go down after him and to capture [obj] ford [the] Jordan to/for Moab and not to give: allow man: anyone to/for to pass

He told them, “Follow me, for the Lord has handed Moab, your enemy, over to you.” So they followed him down and took control of the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab. They didn't let anyone cross.

29 and to smite [obj] Moab in/on/with time [the] he/she/it like/as ten thousand man all rich and all man strength and not to escape man: anyone

Then they attacked the Moabites and killed around 10,000 of their best and strongest fighting men. Not a single one escaped.

30 and be humble Moab in/on/with day [the] he/she/it underneath: owning hand: owner Israel and to quiet [the] land: country/planet eighty year

Moab was conquered that day and made subject to Israel, and the country was at peace for eighty years.

31 and after him to be Shamgar son: child Anath and to smite [obj] Philistine six hundred man in/on/with oxgoad [the] cattle and to save also he/she/it [obj] Israel

After Ehud was Shamgar, son of Anath, who killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He also rescued Israel.