Judges 3:11
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.
Webster's Revision
And the land had rest forty years: and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
World English Bible
The land had rest forty years. Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Barnes's Judges 3:11 Bible Commentary
The land - means here, as in Judges 1:2, not the whole land of Canaan, but the part concerned, probably the land of the tribe of Judah. Forty years, here and elsewhere, is (like fourscore years, Judges 3:30) a round number, perhaps equivalent to a generation.
Wesley's Judges 3:11 Bible Commentary
3:11 Forty years - It rested about forty years, or the greatest part of forty years: it being most frequent in scripture to use numbers in such a latitude. Nor is it unusual either in scripture, or in other authors, for things to be denominated from the greater part; especially, when they enjoyed some degrees of rest and peace even in their times of slavery.