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Judges 3:16

But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
Judges 3:16 · King James Version

In other versions

  • And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

    ASV

  • So Ehud made himself a two-edged sword, a cubit long, which he put on at his right side under his robe.

    BBE

  • And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothes.

    DBY

  • Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.

    WEB

  • and Ehud maketh for himself a sword, and it hath two mouths (a cubit `is' its length), and he girdeth it under his long robe on his right thigh;

    YLT

  • But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

    ENG

  • But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

    WBT

  • Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak

    BSB

In context

14So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

15But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

16But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

17And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

18And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.

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People in this verse

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