Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;
New American Standard Bible
Ehud stretched out his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh and thrust it into his belly.
King James Version
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
Holman Bible
Ehud
International Standard Version
Ehud used his left hand to take the sword from his right thigh and then plunged it into Eglon's abdomen.
A Conservative Version
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.
American Standard Version
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
Amplified
Then Ehud reached out with his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
Bible in Basic English
And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;
Darby Translation
And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly;
Julia Smith Translation
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:
King James 2000
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Ehud reached with his left hand for the sword on his right thigh, and he thrust it into his stomach.
Modern King James verseion
And Ehud put forth his left hand and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Ehud put forth his left hand and took the dagger from his right thigh and thrust it into his belly,
NET Bible
Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and drove it into Eglon's belly.
New Heart English Bible
Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
The Emphasized Bible
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from off his right thigh, - and thrust it into his body;
Webster
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
World English Bible
Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
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
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ehud
Israel » Under the judges » Idolatry » King of moab » Repentance
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 3:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ehud
20 And Ehud hath come unto him, and he is sitting in the upper chamber of the wall which he hath for himself, and Ehud saith, 'A word of God I have unto thee;' and he riseth from off the throne; 21 and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly; 22 and the haft also goeth in after the blade, and the fat shutteth on the blade, that he hath not drawn the sword out of his belly, and it goeth out at the fundament.
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 25:7-8
and Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, the priest, seeth, and riseth from the midst of the company, and taketh a javelin in his hand,
1 Samuel 15:33
And Samuel saith, 'As thy sword bereaved women -- so is thy mother bereaved above women;' and Samuel heweth Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.
Job 20:25
One hath drawn, And it cometh out from the body, And a glittering weapon from his gall proceedeth. On him are terrors.
Zechariah 13:3
And it hath been, when one prophesieth again, That said unto him have his father and his mother, his parents, 'Thou dost not live, For falsehood thou hast spoken in the name of Jehovah,' And pierced him through have his father and his mother, his parents, in his prophesying.
2 Corinthians 5:16
So that we henceforth have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no more;