Judges 3:21
What does Judges 3:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 3:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Aod put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;
Context
v.20And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
v.21This passage
v.22and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 25:7
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand;
- Zechariah 13:3
And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
- 1 Samuel 15:33
And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.
- Job 20:25
He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
- 2 Corinthians 5:16
Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.