Judges 3:26
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.
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
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.
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- BSB
- Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
- KJV
- And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
- WEB
- Ehud escaped while they waited, passed beyond the stone idols, and escaped to Seirah.
- ASV
- And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.
- DARBY
- And Ehud had escaped while they lingered, and passed beyond the graven images, and escaped to Seirah.
- BLB
- And Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and he passed beyond the stone images and escaped to Seirah.
- ÅB
- Mens de gav seg tid, slapp Ehud bort; han var allerede kommet forbi stenbruddene og kom fram til Se'ira.
- OTB
- Mens de ventet, rømte Ehud, forbi steinbildene og flyktet til Seira.
- B1930
- Mens de gav sig tid, slapp Ehud bort; han var allerede kommet forbi stenbruddene og kom frem til Se'ira.