Judges 3:23
21 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.
Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
24 After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.
25 So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
- KJV
- Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
- WEB
- Then Ehud went out onto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
- ASV
- Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.
- DARBY
- And Ehud went out into the portico, and shut the doors of the upper-chamber upon him, and bolted them.
- BLB
- And Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.
- ÅB
- Og Ehud gikk ut i buegangen, og han lukket døren til salen hvor han var, og låste den.
- OTB
- Da gikk Ehud ut til verandaen, lukket dørene til rommet ovenpå bak seg og låste dem.
- B1930
- Og Ehud gikk ut i buegangen, og han lukket døren til salen hvor han var, og låste den.