Judges 3 · Verse 21

Judges 3:21

And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
Judges 3:21, King James Version

Judges 3:21 in other translations

BSBAnd Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
WEBEhud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.
ASVAnd Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
YLTand Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;
DARBYThen Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;
BBEAnd Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;
WebsterAnd Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

What does Judges 3:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 3:21-26
21-26. Ehud put forth his left hand--The whole circumstance of this daring act--the death of Eglon without a shriek, or noise--the locking of the doors--the carrying off the key--the calm, unhurried deportment of Ehud--show the strength of his confidence that he was doing God service.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 3:12-30

When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The Israelites did ill, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God punishes the sins of his own people in this world, Israel is weakened, and Moab strengthened against them. If lesser troubles do not do the work, God will send greater. When Israel prays again, God raises up Ehud. As a judge, or minister of Divine justice, Ehud put to death Eglon, the king of…

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Judges 3:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.Lachand he stretched outH7971
אֵהוּד֙'e.HudEhudH164
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יַ֣דyad[the] hand ofH3027
שְׂמֹאל֔וֹse.mo.Loleft hisH8040
וַיִּקַּח֙vai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַחֶ֔רֶבha.Che.revthe swordH2719
מֵעַ֖לme.'Alfrom onH5921
יֶ֣רֶךְYe.rekh[the] thigh ofH3409
יְמִינ֑וֹye.mi.Noright hisH3225
וַיִּתְקָעֶ֖הָvai.yit.ka.'E.haand he thrust itH8628
בְּבִטְנֽוֹ\׃be.vit.Noin belly hisH990

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 3:21

  • 1 Samuel 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.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:16

    Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

  • Zechariah 13:3

    And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

  • Job 20:25

    It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

  • Numbers 25:7-8

    And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thrust it.
Nu 25:7,8; 1Sa 15:33; Job 20:25; Zec 13:3; 2Co 5:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 3:20

    And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.

  • Judges 3:21

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

  • Judges 3:22

    And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.

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Judges 3:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas Aod metió su mano izquierda, y tomó el puñal de su lado derecho, y metióselo por el vientre;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Éhud étendit sa main gauche, et prit l’épée de dessus son côté droit, et la lui enfonça dans le ventre;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da streckte Ehud seine linke Hand aus und nahm das Schwert von seiner rechten Hüfte und stieß es ihm in den Bauch;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Extenditque Aod sinistram manum, et tulit sicam de dextro femore suo, infixitque eam in ventre ejus