Judges 3:31
Shamgar Delivers Israel from the Philistines
31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.
Other Translations of Judges 3:31
King James Version
Shamgar Delivers Israel from the Philistines
31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
English Standard Version
Shamgar Delivers Israel from the Philistines
31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel.
The Message
Shamgar Delivers Israel from the Philistines
31 Shamgar son of Anath came after Ehud. Using a cattle prod, he killed six hundred Philistines single-handed. He too saved Israel.
New King James Version
Shamgar Delivers Israel from the Philistines
31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad; and he also delivered Israel.
New Living Translation
Shamgar Delivers Israel from the Philistines
31 After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath rescued Israel. He once killed 600Â Philistines with an ox goad.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 3:31
Commentary on Judges 3:31
(Read Judges 3:31)
The side of the country which lay south-west, was infested by the Philistines. God raised up Shamgar to deliver them; having neither sword nor spear, he took an ox-goad, the instrument next at hand. God can make those serviceable to his glory and to his church's good, whose birth, education, and employment, are mean and obscure. It is no matter what the weapon is, if God directs and strengthens the arm. Often he works by unlikely means, that the excellency of the power may appear to be of God.