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Young's Literal Translation

Judges 3:21

and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assassination;   Confidence;   Dagger;   Deception;   Eglon;   Falsehood;   Gilgal;   Homicide;   Hypocrisy;   Israel;   Judge;   Regicide;   Thompson Chain Reference - Assassination;   Crimes;   Nation, the;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Arms, Military;   Hands, the;   Houses;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abishua;   Eglon;   Ehud;   Moabites;   Thigh;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Weapons;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ehud;   Moabite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amalekites;   Bela;   Eglon;   Ehud;   Moab;   Old Testament;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arms and Armor;   Dagger;   Government;   Judges, Book of;   Left Hand;   Moab and the Moabite Stone;   Quarry;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ehud;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Hand;   Judah;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Moab, Moabites;   Quarry;   Thigh;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ehud ;   Moab, Moabites ;   Parlour;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ehud;   Mesopotamia;   Moab;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mo'ab;   Parlor,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Eglon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crime;   Eglon (1);   Judges, Book of:;   Parlor;   Thigh;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Benjamin;   Dagger;   Ehud;   Joshua, Book of;   Medicine;   Moab;   Right and Left;   Sword;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
Hebrew Names Version
Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
King James Version
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
Lexham English Bible
Then Ehud reached with his left hand for the sword on his right thigh, and he thrust it into his stomach.
English Standard Version
And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
New Century Version
Ehud reached with his left hand and took out the sword that was tied to his right hip. Then he stabbed the sword deep into the king's belly!
New English Translation
Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and drove it into Eglon's belly.
Amplified Bible
Then Ehud reached out with his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon's belly.
New American Standard Bible
Then Ehud reached out with his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ehud put forth his left hand, & tooke the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his bellie,
Legacy Standard Bible
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
Contemporary English Version
Ehud pulled out the dagger with his left hand and shoved it so far into Eglon's stomach
Complete Jewish Bible
Ehud reached out with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into the king's belly.
Darby Translation
Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;
Easy-to-Read Version
As the king was getting up from his throne, Ehud reached with his left hand and took out the sword that was tied to his right thigh. Then he pushed the sword into the king's belly.
George Lamsa Translation
And Ehur put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly;
Good News Translation
With his left hand Ehud took the sword from his right side and plunged it into the king's belly.
Literal Translation
And Ehud put out his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into Eglon's belly.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Ehud put forth his lefte hande, & toke the dagger from his righte thye, & thrust it in to his bely,
American Standard Version
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
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;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Ahud put foorth his left hande, & toke the dagger from his right thygh, and thrust it into his belly.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
King James Version (1611)
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and tooke the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass as he arose, that Aod stretched forth his left hand, and took the dagger off his right thigh, and plunged it into his belly;
English Revised Version
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
Berean Standard Bible
And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon's belly.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Which roos anoon fro the trone. And Aioth helde forth the left hond, and took the swerd fro his riyt hype; and he
Update Bible Version
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
Webster's Bible Translation
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:
New King James Version
Then Ehud reached with his left hand, took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
New Living Translation
Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled out the dagger strapped to his right thigh, and plunged it into the king's belly.
New Life Bible
Ehud put out his left hand, took the sword from his right leg, and pushed it into Eglon's stomach.
New Revised Standard
Then Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into Eglon's belly;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from off his right thigh, - and thrust it into his body;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Aod put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly,
Revised Standard Version
And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Ehud stretched out his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh and thrust it into his belly.

Contextual Overview

12 and the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengtheneth Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because that they have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah; 13 and he gathereth unto him the Bene-Ammon and Amalek, and goeth and smiteth Israel, and they possess the city of palms; 14 and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years. 15 And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man -- shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab; 16 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; 17 and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon [is] a very fat man. 18 And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present, 19 and he himself hath turned back from the graven images which [are] at Gilgal, and saith, `A secret word I have unto thee, O king;' and he saith, `Hush!' and go out from him do all those standing by him. 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;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thrust it: Numbers 25:7, Numbers 25:8, 1 Samuel 15:33, Job 20:25, Zechariah 13:3, 2 Corinthians 5:16

Reciprocal: Judges 3:16 - upon Judges 4:21 - took 2 Samuel 20:10 - in Joab's

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,
Genesis 3:3
and of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.'
Genesis 3:7
and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they [are] naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.
Isaiah 61:10
I greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels.
Romans 3:22
and the righteousness of God [is] through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, -- for there is no difference,
2 Corinthians 5:21
for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh,.... Being, as before observed, a lefthanded man; Judges 3:15, and this he could the better do, without being taken notice of by the king, who, if he saw him move his left hand, would have no suspicion of his going to draw a dagger with it, and which also was hidden under his raiment, Judges 3:16;

and thrust it into his belly; Josephus d says into his heart; it is certain the wound was mortal, and must have been in a part on which, life depended.

d Antiqu. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 2.


 
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