Judges 3:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Ehud made for himself a sword, a cubit long, which had two edges, and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothing.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Now Ehud made for himself a double-edged sword that was about a foot and a half long, and he strapped it on his right thigh under his clothes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And he made for himself a two-edged sword, having a handle, reaching to the middle, the length of the palm of a hand. And he was girded with it under his cloak, on the right thigh.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And he made himself a two-edged sword, with a haft in the midst of the length of the palm of the hand: and was girded therewith under his garment on the right thigh.

Judges 3:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:8

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

Psalm 149:6

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand;

Psalm 45:3

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.

Song of Solomon 3:8

They all handle the sword, and are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Revelation 1:16

And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

Revelation 2:12

And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write; These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword:

Judges 3:15

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

Judges 3:17

And he offered the present unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.

Judges 3:21

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