Judges 3:26 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 3:26

24 When he had gone out,¹ Eglon’s servants came to look, and to their surprise, the doors of the upper room were locked. So they said, “He is probably ^aattending to his needs in the cool chamber.”

25 So they waited till they were ^aembarrassed, and still he had not opened the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them. And there was their master, fallen dead on the floor.

26 But Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the¹ stone images and escaped to Seirah.

27 And it happened, when he arrived, that ^ahe blew the trumpet in the ^bmountains of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountains; and¹ he led them.

28 Then he said to them, “Follow me, for ^athe Lord has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him, seized the ^bfords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

29 And at that time they killed about ten thousand men of Moab, all stout men of valor; not a man escaped.

Verse Comparison: Judges 3:26

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American Standard Version
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.

Amplified® Bible
Ehud escaped while they delayed and passed beyond the sculptured [boundary] stones (images) and escaped to Seirah.

Contemporary English Version
But by that time, Ehud had already escaped past the statues. Ehud went to the town of Seirah

Darby English Version
Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Se-i'rah.

Good News Bible
Ehud got away while they were waiting. He went past the carved stones and escaped to Seirah.

King James Version
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

New American Standard Bible
Now Ehud escaped while they were delaying, and he passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

New International Version
While they waited, Ehud got away. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

New King James Version
But Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the stone images and escaped to Seirah.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now Ehud escaped while they delayed, and he passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

Revised Standard Version
Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Se-i'rah.

Young's Literal Translation
And Ehud escaped during their tarrying, and hath passed by the images, and is escaped to Seirath.

New English Translation
Now Ehud had escaped while they were delaying. When he passed the carved images, he escaped to Seirah.

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