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Judges 3:21

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

KJV

Extenditque Aod sinistram manum, et tulit sicam de dextro femore suo, infixitque eam in ventre ejus

Vulgate

καὶ ἐγένετο ἅμα τῷ ἀναστῆναι αὐτόν, καὶ ἐξέτεινεν Ἀὼδ τὴν χεῖρα τὴν ἀριστερὰν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλαβεν τὴν μάχαιραν ἐπάνωθεν τοῦ μηροῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ δεξιοῦ καὶ ἐνέπηξεν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ αὐτοῦ,

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֤ח אֵהוּד֙ אֶת יַ֣ד שְׂמֹאל֔/וֹ וַ/יִּקַּח֙ אֶת הַ/חֶ֔רֶב מֵ/עַ֖ל יֶ֣רֶךְ יְמִינ֑/וֹ וַ/יִּתְקָעֶ֖/הָ בְּ/בִטְנֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Ehud

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵה֤וּד
'hvd
proper_noun · 9×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
noun · 141×
וֹ
v
noun · 54×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
י
y
noun · 72×
יֶ֥רֶךְ
yrk
noun · 32×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תָקְע֖וּ
tq'v
verb · 70×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 15:33 — And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
  • 2Sam 20:10 — But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abish
  • Judg 4:21 — Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep a