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Judges 3:21
And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;
Judges 3:21 · Bible in Basic English
Judges 3:21 in other translations
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.
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In context
18 And after giving the offering, he sent away the people who had come with the offering.
19 But he himself, turning back from the stone images at Gilgal, said, I have something to say to you in secret, O king. And he said, Let there be quiet. Then all those who were waiting before him went out.
20 Then Ehud came in to him while he was seated by himself in his summer-house. And Ehud said, I have a word from God for you. And he got up from his seat.
21 And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;
22 And the hand-part went in after the blade, and the fat was joined up over the blade; for he did not take the sword out of his stomach. And he went out into the...
23 Then Ehud went out into the covered way, shutting the doors of the summer-house on him and locking them.
24 Now when he had gone, the king's servants came, and saw that the doors of the summer-house were locked; and they said, It may be that he is in his summer-house for a private purpose.
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