Judges 3:23
New International Version
Then Ehud went out to the porch; he shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

New Living Translation
Then Ehud closed and locked the doors of the room and escaped down the latrine.

English Standard Version
Then Ehud went out into the porch and closed the doors of the roof chamber behind him and locked them.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.

King James Bible
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.

New King James Version
Then Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

New American Standard Bible
Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and shut the doors of the roof chamber behind him, and locked them.

NASB 1995
Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the roof chamber behind him, and locked them.

NASB 1977
Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the roof chamber behind him, and locked them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the roof chamber behind him and locked them.

Amplified Bible
Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the upper chamber behind him, and locked them.

Christian Standard Bible
Ehud escaped by way of the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upstairs room behind him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ehud escaped by way of the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upstairs room behind him.

American Standard Version
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Ehor went out to the balcony and he locked the door of the upper room at its entrance, and he went out

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Aod went out to the porch, and passed out by the appointed guards, and shut the doors of the chamber upon him, and locked them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour and locking them,

English Revised Version
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Ehud left the room. (He had closed and locked the doors of the room before he left.)

Good News Translation
Then Ehud went outside, closed the doors behind him, locked them,

International Standard Version
Then Ehud left the cool chamber in the direction of the vestibule, shutting and locking the doors behind him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and locked them.

Literal Standard Version
And Ehud goes out at the porch, and shuts the doors of the upper chamber on him, and has bolted [it];

Majority Standard Bible
Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.

New American Bible
Then Ehud went out onto the porch, shutting the doors of the upper room on Eglon and locking them.

NET Bible
As Ehud went out into the vestibule, he closed the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and closed the doors of the roof chamber on him, and locked them.

New Heart English Bible
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor upon him, and locked them.

World English Bible
Then Ehud went out onto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.

Young's Literal Translation
And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted it;

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Context
Ehud
22Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied. 23Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him. 24After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.…

Cross References
Judges 3:20
Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. "I have a word from God for you," Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

Judges 3:22
Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon's fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon's bowels emptied.

Judges 3:24
After Ehud was gone, Eglon's servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. "He must be relieving himself in the cool room," they said.

2 Samuel 13:18
So Amnon's attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king's virgin daughters wore.


Treasury of Scripture

Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor on him, and locked them.

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Judges 3
1. The nations which were left to prove Israel
5. By communion with them they commit idolatry
8. Othniel delivered them from Chushan-Rishathaim
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(23) Then Ehud went forth through the porch.--Rather, into. The word rendered "porch"--misder?nah--is derived from seder ("order"). The Chaldee represents it by a transliteration of the Greek word exedra, "a hall decorated with pillars." Kimchi supposes it to mean an ante-chamber where people waited to see the king, standing in order; and this seems to be the view of the LXX. (in the Vatican Codex), who render it, "he went out through those set in order" (tous diatetagmenous). If this be the meaning, it can only refer to his walking boldly out through the attendants after he had fastened the doors. But the fact is that the ancient versions were as uncertain of the meaning as ourselves. The Syriac has, "through the xystos" or colonnade; the Arabic, "through the window."

Shut the doors of the parlour upon him--i.e., upon Eglon.

Locked them.--The LXX. have "wedged them" (esph?nose). The lock was probably of a character similar to that used by all ancient nations, namely, wooden slides which entered into a hole in the doorpost, and were secured by catches cut into it. See Jahn, Arch?ol. Bibl. 2:6-37.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Ehud
אֵה֖וּד (’ê·hūḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 164: Ehud -- the name of several Israelites

went out
וַיֵּצֵ֥א (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

through the porch,
הַֽמִּסְדְּר֑וֹנָה (ham·mis·də·rō·w·nāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4528: A colonnade, internal portico

closing
וַיִּסְגֹּ֞ר (way·yis·gōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender

and locking
וְנָעָֽל׃ (wə·nā·‘āl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5274: To fasten up, with a, bar, cord, to sandal, furnish with slippers

the doors
דַּלְת֧וֹת (dal·ṯō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1817: Something swinging, the valve of a, door

of the upper room
הָעַלִיָּ֛ה (hā·‘a·lî·yāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5944: Something lofty, a stair-way, a second-story room, the sky

behind him.
בַּעֲד֖וֹ (ba·‘ă·ḏōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint


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