Judges 3:21 “And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right t…”

Judges 3:21

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

World English Bible

Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.

American Standard Version

And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:

Geneva Bible 1599

And Ehud put forth his left hand, and tooke the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his bellie,

Darby Translation

Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;

Young's Literal Translation

and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;

Bible in Basic English

And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;

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Cross references

“thrust it”

1 Samuel 15:33 Job 20:25 Zechariah 13:3 2 Corinthians 5:16 Numbers 25:7 Numbers 25:8

1 Samuel 15:33 · BSB

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.

Job 20:25 · BSB

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

Zechariah 13:3 · BSB

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 bor…

2 Corinthians 5:16 · BSB

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.

Numbers 25:7 · BSB

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

Numbers 25:8 · BSB

followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Then 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.

22Even 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.

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