Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And Ehud will make to him a sword, and to it two mouths; a cubit its length: and he will gird it from under his garments upon his right thigh.
New American Standard Bible
Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his cloak.
King James Version
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
Holman Bible
Ehud made himself a double-edged sword 18 inches long.
International Standard Version
Ehud forged a double-edged sword that was one cubit long, tied it to his right thigh under his cloak,
A Conservative Version
And Ehud made for himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length. And he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
American Standard Version
And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
Amplified
Now Ehud made for himself a sword a
Bible in Basic English
So Ehud made himself a two-edged sword, a cubit long, which he put on at his right side under his robe.
Darby Translation
And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothes.
King James 2000
But Ehud made himself a dagger which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he did gird it under his clothes upon his right thigh.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ehud made for himself a short, {two-edged} sword (a cubit in length), and he fastened it under his clothes on his right thigh.
Modern King James verseion
But Ehud made himself a dagger which had two edges, a cubit long. And he tied it under his clothing upon his right thigh.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ehud made him a two-edged dagger of a span long, and girded it under his garment upon his right thigh;
NET Bible
Ehud made himself a sword -- it had two edges and was eighteen inches long. He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh.
New Heart English Bible
Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.
The Emphasized Bible
So Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length, - and girded it under his raiment, upon his right thigh.
Webster
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
World English Bible
Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Ehud maketh for himself a sword, and it hath two mouths (a cubit is its length), and he girdeth it under his long robe on his right thigh;
Themes
military Arms » Offensive: » Dagger
Assassination » Instances of » Of eglon, by ehud
Confidence » Betrayed » Eglon, by ehud
Deception » Instances of » Ehud deceives eglon, and kills him
Eglon » King of moab » Assassinated by ehud
Ehud » A benjamite » Assasin » Eglon
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ehud
Israel » Under the judges » Idolatry » King of moab » Repentance
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 3:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ehud
15 And the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah, and Jehovah will raise up to them a saviour, Ehud, son of Gera, son of a Benjamite, a man shut up of his right hand: and the sons of Israel will send a gift by his hand to Eglon, king of Moab. 16 And Ehud will make to him a sword, and to it two mouths; a cubit its length: and he will gird it from under his garments upon his right thigh. 17 And he will bring the gift to Eglon, king of Moab: and Eglon a very fat man.
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Cross References
Judges 3:21
And Ehud will stretch forth his left hand, and will take the sword from off his right thigh, and he will drive it into his belly:
Psalm 45:3
Gird thy sword upon the thigh, thou strong one in thy majesty and thine honor.
Psalm 149:6
The liftings up of God in their throat, and a sword of two mouths in their hand;
Song of Songs 3:8
All of them holding the sword, being trained to war: each his sword upon his thigh from terror in the night
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God living, and effective, and more piercing than any two-mouthed sword, and penetrating even to the division both of soul and spirit, both the joints and marrows, and a critic of the reflections and thoughts of the heart.
Revelation 1:16
And having in his right hand seven stars: and going out of his mouth a sharp two-mouthed sword: and his sight as the sun shines in his power.
Revelation 2:12
And to the messenger to the calling out in Pergamos write: Thus says he having the sharp two-mouthed sword;