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


In Context

13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.

14 And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

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.

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.

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

18 And when he had made an end of offering the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.

Judges 3:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Now Ehud had made a double-edged sword about a foot and a half long, which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16But 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:16And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:16And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothes.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16and Ehud maketh for himself a sword, and it hath two mouths (a cubit is its length), and he girdeth it under his long robe on his right thigh;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment on his right thigh.