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JPSAnd the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
ASVAnd the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
DRAAnd the land rested forty years, and Othoniel the son of Cenez died.
YLTand the land resteth forty years. And Othniel son of Kenaz dieth,
DrbyAnd the land had rest forty years; and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
RVAnd the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
WbstrAnd the land had rest forty years: and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
KJB-1769And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
KJB-1611And the land had rest forty yeres: and Othniel the sonne of Kenaz died. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
BshpsAnd the land had rest fourtie yeres: and Othoniel the sonne of Kenes died. (And the land had rest forty years: and Othoniel the son of Kenes died.)
GnvaSo the lande had rest fourtie yeeres, and Othniel the sonne of Kenaz dyed. (So the land had rest forty years, and Othniel the son of Kenaz died. )
CvdlThen was the londe in rest fortye yeares. And Athniel the sonne of Kenas dyed. (Then was the land in rest forty years. And Athniel the son of Kenas died.)
WyclAnd the lond restide fourti yeer; and Othonyel, sone of Ceneth, diede. (And the land restide forty year; and Othonyel, son of Ceneth, diede.)
LuthDa ward das Land stille vierzig Jahre. Und Athniel, der Sohn Kenas, starb. (So what/which the Land silence vierzig years. And Athniel, the/of_the son Kenas, died.)
ClVgQuievitque terra quadraginta annis, et mortuus est Othoniel filius Cenez. (Quievitque earth/land quadraginta annis, and dead it_is Othoniel son Cenez. )
3:7-11 The account of Othniel is typical of the cycles in Judges. Evildoing led to apostasy, most frequently in the Baal and Asherah cults (see study notes on 2:11-13; 6:25-32). Apostasy provoked the Lord and resulted in foreign oppression. Then the cry of the people evoked divine compassion and the raising up of a rescuer-judge as the agent of God’s Spirit. The rescuer ended the oppression, and the land enjoyed a period of peace before the cycle started again. Othniel depicts an ideal judge.
The author is speaking as if the land on which the Israelites lived were a living thing that rested after a foreign occupier was driven away. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And there were no more wars for 40 years]
Though Scripture affords Othniel son of Kenaz a mere six verses to detail his accomplishments, the significance of what he accomplished should not be underestimated. Othniel is first mentioned during the initial conquest of the land, and it is noted that he was the son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Joshua. As the Israelites were seeking to capture Kiriath-sepher (later renamed Debir), Caleb offered the reward of his daughter Achsah (Othniel’s cousin) as a wife for whoever could take the town. Othniel took the town and received Achsah as his wife, and Caleb also granted him the nearby springs. After this, the writer of Judges recounts how the Israelites lived among the pagan inhabitants of the land, intermarried with them, and worshiped their gods. Therefore the Lord became angry with them, and he allowed them to be dominated by King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim, who ruled over most of northwest Mesopotamia. This was the same land where Abraham lived before journeying on to Canaan (Genesis 11:27-31; also see “The World of the Patriarchs” map), the homeland of Isaac’s wife Rebekah (Genesis 24:10), the land to which Jacob fled to escape the wrath of his twin brother Esau (Genesis 28; also see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map), and the homeland of Balaam son of Beor (Numbers 22:4-5; also see “Balaam Blesses Israel” map). As the first judge of Israel, Othniel led Israel from about 1374-1334 B.C., so it is likely that the kingdom of Cushan-rishathaim was the Mitanni kingdom, which ruled Aram-naharaim from about 1600-1260 B.C. If this is true, it is likely that Cushan-rishathaim was Eriba-Adad I, who ruled Mitanni from about 1390–1366 B.C. The name Cushan-rishathaim, meaning “Cush of the two wickednesses,” may have been an intentional corruption in Hebrew of an otherwise unknown name of Eriba-Adad I. By Othniel’s time, the Mitanni kingdom was beginning a period of decline, so their oppression of the newly established Israelite tribes may have been an attempt to reestablish their dominance throughout the region. Scripture succinctly notes that “the spirit of the Lord came upon [Othniel],” and he waged war against Cushan-rishathaim and defeated him, and the land of Israel had rest for forty years (Judges 3:10-11). Othniel’s bravery during this early period of Israel’s settlement in Canaan ultimately led the nation to victory and survival during a very vulnerable period of their history. And although the Mitanni kingdom continued to rule Aram-naharaim for another century, Othniel’s actions undoubtedly contributed to its continued decline and eventual collapse.
