Judges 3:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent tribute by him to King Eglon of Moab.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But when the Israelites cried to the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite, a left-handed man; and by him the Israelites sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD. So the LORD raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud, Gera’s son, a Benjaminite, who was left-handed. The Israelites sent him to take their tribute payment to Moab’s King Eglon.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And afterward, they cried out to the Lord, who raised up for them a savior, called Ehud, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, who used either hand as well as the right hand. And the sons of Israel sent gifts to Eglon, the king of Moab, by him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And afterwards they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour called Aod, the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, who used the left hand as well as the right. And the children of Israel sent presents to Eglon king of Moab by him.

Judges 3:15 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:10

But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand; Joab struck him in the belly so that his entrails poured out on the ground, and he died. He did not strike a second blow. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:9

Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

1 Chronicles 12:2

They were archers and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right hand or the left; they were Benjaminites, Saul’s kindred.

1 Chronicles 8:3

And Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,

1 Chronicles 8:5

Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

2 Chronicles 9:24

Every one of them brought a present, objects of silver and gold, garments, weaponry, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

Psalm 50:15

Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

Psalm 78:34

When he killed them, they searched for him; they repented and sought God earnestly.

Psalm 90:15

Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us and as many years as we have seen evil.

Proverbs 18:16

A gift opens doors; it gives access to the great.

Proverbs 19:6

Many seek the favor of the generous, and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.

Isaiah 36:16

Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me and come out to me; then every one of you will eat from your own vine and your own fig tree and drink water from your own cistern,

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to me, and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Judges 2:16

Then the Lord raised up judges who delivered them out of the power of those who plundered them.

Judges 20:16

Of all this force, there were seven hundred picked men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

Judges 3:14

So the Israelites served King Eglon of Moab eighteen years.

Judges 3:16

Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length, and he fastened it on his right thigh under his clothes.

Judges 3:9

But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who delivered them, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

Judges 4:3

Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron and had oppressed the Israelites cruelly twenty years.

1 Samuel 10:27

But some worthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace. Now Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been grievously oppressing the Gadites and the Reubenites. He would gouge out the right eye of each of them and would not grant Israel a deliverer. No one was left of the Israelites across the Jordan whose right eye Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had not gouged out. But there were seven thousand men who had escaped from the Ammonites and had entered Jabesh-gilead.