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Judges 3:29

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At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.

KJV

And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.

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This verse in Judges 3

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

All lusty, and all men of valor - Picked, chosen troops, which Eglon kept among the Israelites to reduce and overawe them.

This site's exposition

they slew of Moab at that time

on Judges 3:29-30

Ten thousand men, all lusty and all men of valour, and there escaped not a man, which is what the seized crossings made possible. Fourscore years is the longest rest recorded in the book, twice the forty given to Othniel, and it is the second of the three times the formula falls. The figures fall from here, since Deborah's rest is forty years at 5:31 and no rest at all is recorded after her.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

But neither their strength nor their courage stood them in any stead when the set time had come for God to deliver them into the hand of Israel. [5.] The consequence of this victory was that the power of the Moabites was wholly broken in the land of Israel. The country was cleared of these oppressors, and the land had rest eighty years,

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּכּ֨וּand they struck down

    vaiyakuH5221 →499 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מוֹאָ֜בMoab

    moavH4124 →181 times

  • בָּעֵ֣תat the time

    baetH6256 →296 times

  • הַהִ֗יא<the> that

    hahi'H1931 →1879 times

  • כַּעֲשֶׂ֤רֶתabout ten

    kaaseretH6235 →176 times

  • אֲלָפִים֙thousand<s>

    ʾalafimH505 →505 times

  • אִ֔ישׁman

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • שָׁמֵ֖ןstout [person]

    shamenH8082 →

  • וְכָל־and every

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אִ֣ישׁman of

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • חָ֑יִלstrength

    chayilH2428 →246 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • נִמְלַ֖טhe escaped

    nimlatH4422 →95 times

  • אִֽישׁ׃anyone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 32:15

    But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 31:20

      When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to…

    • Hosea 13:6

      When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

    • Deuteronomy 33:5

      So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.

    • Psalms 89:26

      He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

    • Acts 28:27

      For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts,…

  • Through

    Job 15:27

    Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 5:28

      They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 17:10

      They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.

  • Through

    Psalms 17:10

    They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 2:3

      Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

Where this verse is studied

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About Judges

The Death of Samson, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Death of Samson, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 3 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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