Judges 3:22 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. See the chapterMore versionsAmplified Bible - Classic EditionAnd the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade, for [Ehud] did not draw the sword out of his belly, and the dirt came out. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his body; and it came out behind. See the chapterCommon English Bibleand even the handle went in after the blade. Since he did not pull the sword out of his stomach, the fat closed over the blade, and his guts spilled out. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Versionso strongly that the handle followed the blade into the wound, and was enclosed by the great amount of fat. Neither did he withdraw the sword. Instead, he left it in the body just as he had struck with it. And immediately, by the private parts of nature, the filth of the bowels went out. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionWith such force that the haft went in after the blade into the wound, and was closed up with the abundance of fat. So that he did not draw out the dagger, but left it in his body as he had struck it in. And forthwith by the secret parts of nature the excrements of the belly came out. See the chapter |