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.


In Context

13 Getting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.

14 The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years.

15 Again the Israelites cried out to the LORD , and he gave them a deliverer- Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

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

17 He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man.

18 After Ehud had presented the tribute, he sent on their way the men who had carried it.

Judges 3:16 in Other Translations

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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.