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17 Then he presented the tribute to King Eglon of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.(A)

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17 He presented the tribute(A) to Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man.(B)

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20 Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them: I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

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20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.(A)

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11 Though you rejoice, though you exult,
    O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frisk about like a heifer on the grass
    and neigh like stallions,(A)

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11 “Because you rejoice and are glad,
    you who pillage my inheritance,(A)
because you frolic like a heifer(B) threshing grain
    and neigh like stallions,

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28     they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no limits in deeds of wickedness;
    they do not judge with justice
the cause of the orphan, to make it prosper,
    and they do not defend the rights of the needy.(A)

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28     and have grown fat(A) and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
    they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;(B)
    they do not defend the just cause of the poor.(C)

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19 How they are destroyed in a moment,
    swept away utterly by terrors!(A)

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19 How suddenly(A) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away(B) by terrors!

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Their eyes swell out with fatness;
    their hearts overflow with follies.(A)

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From their callous hearts(A) comes iniquity[a];
    their evil imaginations have no limits.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat

27 because they have covered their faces with their fat
    and gathered fat upon their loins,(A)

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27 “Though his face is covered with fat
    and his waist bulges with flesh,(A)

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29 Why then look[a] with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings[b] and honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?(A)

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  1. 2.29 Q ms Gk: MT then kick
  2. 2.29 Q ms Gk: MT adds that I commanded at this dwelling

29 Why do you[a] scorn my sacrifice and offering(A) that I prescribed for my dwelling?(B) Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:29 The Hebrew is plural.

29 At that time they killed about ten thousand of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; no one escaped.

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29 At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all vigorous and strong; not one escaped.

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