24and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, 'He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.'


In Context

21 and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;

22 and the haft also goeth in after the blade, and the fat shutteth on the blade, that he hath not drawn the sword out of his belly, and it goeth out at the fundament.

23 And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted it;

24 and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, 'He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.'

25 And they stay till confounded, and lo, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and lo, their lord is fallen to the earth — dead.

26 And Ehud escaped during their tarrying, and hath passed by the images, and is escaped to Seirath.

Judges 3:24 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:24After he had gone, the servants came and found the doors of the upper room locked. They said, "He must be relieving himself in the inner room of the house."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:24When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour [were] locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:24Went out by a postern door. And the king's servants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut, and they said: Perhaps he is easing nature in his summer parlour.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:24Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24When he had gone, the servants came; and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, |He is only relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:24Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked; and they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24When he had gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer-chamber.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, |Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:24When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covers his feet in his summer chamber.