And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.
WEB
Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
YLT
And Ehud escaped during their tarrying, and hath passed by the images, and is escaped to Seirath.
DBT
And Ehud had escaped while they lingered, and passed beyond the graven images, and escaped to Seirah.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy