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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.

KJV

Qui fecit sibi gladium ancipitem, habentem in medio capulum longitudinis palmæ manus, et accinctus est eo subter sagum in dextro femore.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ Ἀὼδ μάχαιραν δίστομον, σπιθαμῆς τὸ μῆκος αὐτῆς, καὶ περιεζώσατο αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τὸν μανδύαν ἐπὶ τὸν μηρὸν τὸν δεξιὸν αὐτοῦ.

LXX

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

וַ/יַּעַשׂ֩ ל֨/וֹ אֵה֜וּד חֶ֗רֶב וְ/לָ֛/הּ שְׁנֵ֥י פֵי֖וֹת גֹּ֣מֶד אָרְכָּ֑/הּ וַ/יַּחְגֹּ֤ר אוֹתָ/הּ֙ מִ/תַּ֣חַת לְ/מַדָּ֔י/ו עַ֖ל יֶ֥רֶךְ יְמִינֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Ehud

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵה֤וּד
'hvd
proper_noun · 9×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גֹּ֣מֶד
gmd
noun · 1×
ו
v
noun · 11×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 95×
וֹ
v
noun · 141×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
חָג֖וּר
chgvr
verb · 44×
יֶ֥רֶךְ
yrk
noun · 32×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פֵי֖וֹת
pyvt
noun · 1×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Heb 4:12 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoug
  • Ps 45:3 — Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
  • Rev 2:12 — And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;