Judges 3:23
21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
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.