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;


In Context

13 and he gathereth unto him the Bene-Ammon and Amalek, and goeth and smiteth Israel, and they possess the city of palms;

14 and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

15 And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man — shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab;

16 and 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;

17 and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon is a very fat man.

18 And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing 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 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 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.