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Judges 3:21

Ehud

19 But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

20 Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

22 Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.

23 Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.

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BSB
And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
KJV
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
WEB
Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.
ASV
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
DARBY
Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;
BLB
And Ehud reached with his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
ÅB
Men Ehud rakte ut sin venstre hånd og tok sverdet fra sin høyre hofte og støtte det i hans buk;
OTB
rakte Ehud med sin venstre hånd, trakk sverdet fra sin høyre lår og stakk det inn i kongens buk.
B1930
Men Ehud rakte ut sin venstre hånd og tok sverdet fra sin høire hofte og støtte det i hans buk;

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 15:33

    But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:16

    So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

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  • Zechariah 13:3

    And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.

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  • Job 20:25

    It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

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  • Numbers 25:7–8

    On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,

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