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Judges 3:23

And, when Ehud came out into the porch, he closed the doors of the parlour upon him, and bolted them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Confidence;   Deception;   Eglon;   Falsehood;   Gilgal;   Homicide;   House;   Hypocrisy;   Israel;   Judge;   Lock;   Regicide;   Thompson Chain Reference - Porches;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Houses;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abishua;   Eglon;   Ehud;   Moabites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Doors;   Ehud;   Moabite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amalekites;   Bela;   Eglon;   Ehud;   House;   Lock;   Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arms and Armor;   Government;   Judges, Book of;   Lock;   Moab and the Moabite Stone;   Parlour;   Quarry;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ehud;   Greek Versions of Ot;   House;   Judah;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Moab, Moabites;   Porch;   Quarry;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ehud ;   Locks;   Moab, Moabites ;   Parlour;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ehud;   Mesopotamia;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mo'ab;   Parlor,;   Porch;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bolt;   Door;   Judges, Book of:;   Parlor;   Porch;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Angelology;   Ehud;   Joshua, Book of;   Moab;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Ehud escaped by way of the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upstairs room behind him.
Hebrew Names Version
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
King James Version
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
Lexham English Bible
And Ehud went out the vestibule, and he closed the doors of the upper room and locked them behind him.
English Standard Version
Then Ehud went out into the porch and closed the doors of the roof chamber behind him and locked them.
New Century Version
Then he went out of the room and closed and locked the doors behind him.
New English Translation
As Ehud went out into the vestibule, he closed the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.
Amplified Bible
Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the upper chamber behind him, and locked them.
New American Standard Bible
Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and shut the doors of the roof chamber behind him, and locked them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ehud gate him out into the porch, and shut the doores of the parler vpon him, and locked them.
Legacy Standard Bible
and for others, save, snatching them out of the fire; and on others have mercy with fear, hating even the tunic polluted by the flesh.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Ehud went out onto the porch, shut the doors of the upstairs room behind him and locked them.
Darby Translation
And Ehud went out into the portico, and shut the doors of the upper-chamber upon him, and bolted them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Ehud went out of the private room, closed the doors to the upper room, and locked the king inside.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Ehur went out into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, locked them, and left.
Good News Translation
Then Ehud went outside, closed the doors behind him, locked them,
Literal Translation
Then Ehud went out to the porch, and shut the doors of the roof room on him, and locked them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Ehud gat him out at the backe dore, & put to ye dore after him, and lockte it.
American Standard Version
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.
Bible in Basic English
Then Ehud went out into the covered way, shutting the doors of the summer-house on him and locking them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Ahud gat him out into the porche, and shut the doores of the parler vpon him, and locked them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and locked them.
King James Version (1611)
Then Ehud went forth through the porche, and shut the doores of the parlour vpon him, and locked them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Aod went out to the porch, and passed out by the appointed guards, and shut the doors of the chamber upon him, and locked them.
English Revised Version
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe whanne the doris of the parlour weren closid moost diligentli, and fastned with lok,
Young's Literal Translation
And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted [it];
Update Bible Version
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor upon him, and locked them.
World English Bible
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
New King James Version
Then Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.
New Living Translation
Then Ehud closed and locked the doors of the room and escaped down the latrine.
New Life Bible
Then Ehud went out the back way. He closed the doors of the summer room behind him, and locked them.
New Revised Standard
Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and closed the doors of the roof chamber on him, and locked them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour, and locking them,
Revised Standard Version
Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and closed the doors of the roof chamber upon him, and locked them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the roof chamber behind him, and locked them.

Contextual Overview

12 And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked, in the sight of Yahweh, - and Yahweh emboldened Eglon, king of Moab, against Israel, because they did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; 13 and he gathered unto him, the sons of Ammon, and Amalek, - and came and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of palm-trees. 14 So the sons of Israel served Eglon king of Moab, eighteen years. 15 And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up unto them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left-handed, - and the sons of Israel sent, by his hand, a present, unto Eglon king of Moab. 16 So Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length, - and girded it under his raiment, upon his right thigh. 17 So he offered the present unto Eglon, king of Moab, - now, Eglon, was an exceedingly fat man. 18 And so it was, when he had made an end of offering the present, that he sent away the people who had been bearing the present; 19 but, he himself, turned back from the images that were by Gilgal, and said, A secret word, have I, unto thee, O king! And he said - Silence! Thereupon went out from his presence all who had been standing near him. 20 And, Ehud, came in unto him, he, having been sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself, alone, and Ehud said, A divine word, have I, unto thee. So he arose from off his seat. 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from off his right thigh, - and thrust it into his body;

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 2:5
Now, no bush of the field, as yet - was in the earth, and, no herb of the field, as yet had sprung up, - because Yahweh God had not sent rain on the earth, and, man, was there none to till the ground;
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken, - For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.
Genesis 4:2
And she went on to hear his brother, Abel, - and Abel became a feeder of sheep, whereas Cain, was a tiller of the round.
Genesis 4:12
Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee. A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.
Genesis 9:20
And Noah began to he a husbandman, - so he planted a vineyard:
Ecclesiastes 5:9
And, the profit of the earth, is, for all, - a king, by the field, is served.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Ehud went forth through the porch,.... Which the Targum interprets by "exedra", a place, as Kimchi, where there were many seats, either for the people to sit in while waiting to have admittance into the presence of the king, or where the guards sat, and may be called the guard room; through this Ehud passed with all serenity and composure of mind imaginable, without the least show of distress and uneasiness in his countenance, being fully satisfied that what he had done was right, and according to the will of God:

and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them; joined the doors of the parlour, as the Targum, the two folds of the door, shut them close together upon Eglon within the parlour, and bolted them within, or drew the bolt on the inside, which he was able to do with a key for that purpose; of which see more on Judges 3:25; and which it is probable he took away along with him; this must be understood as done before he went through the porch, and therefore should be rendered, "when" or "after he had shut the doors", c. e wherefore in the Vulgate Latin version this clause is put first.

e ויסגר "quum occlusisset", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.


 
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