Judges 3:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and closed the doors of the roof chamber on him and locked them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the upper room upon [Eglon] and locked them.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.

Common English Bible

²³ Ehud slipped out to the porch, and closed and locked the doors of the second-story room behind him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Then Ehud carefully closed the doors of the upper room. And securing the bars,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ But Aod, carefully shutting the doors of the parlour and locking them,

Judges 3:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:18

(Now she was wearing an ornamented robe with sleeves, for this is how the virgin daughters of the king were clothed in earlier times.) So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her.

Judges 3:20

Ehud came to him, while he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber, and said, “I have a message from God for you.” So he rose from his seat.

Judges 3:22

the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly, and the dirt came out.

Judges 3:24

After he had gone, the servants came. When they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, “He must be relieving himself in the cool chamber.”