Judges 3:26
New International Version
While they waited, Ehud got away. He passed by the stone images and escaped to Seirah.

New Living Translation
While the servants were waiting, Ehud escaped, passing the stone idols on his way to Seirah.

English Standard Version
Ehud escaped while they delayed, and he passed beyond the idols and escaped to Seirah.

Berean Standard Bible
Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

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

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

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

NASB 1995
Now Ehud escaped while they were delaying, and he passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

NASB 1977
Now Ehud escaped while they were delaying, and he passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now Ehud escaped while they were delaying, and he passed by the graven images and escaped to Seirah.

Amplified Bible
Now Ehud escaped while they lingered, and he passed beyond the sculptured stones and escaped to Seirah.

Christian Standard Bible
Ehud escaped while the servants waited. He passed the Jordan near the carved images and reached Seirah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ehud escaped while the servants waited. He crossed over the Jordan near the carved images and reached Seirah.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And while they were troubled, Ehor passed the sculptures and he escaped and he ran to Shirath

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Aod escaped while they were in a tumult, and no one paid attention to him; and he passed the quarries, and escaped to Setirotha.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Aod, while they were in confusion, escaped, and passed by the place of the idols, from whence he had returned. And he came to Seirath:

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
While they had been waiting, Ehud escaped. He went past the stone idols and escaped to Seirah.

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

International Standard Version
Meanwhile, Ehud escaped while they were delayed, passed by the idols, and escaped in the direction of Seirah.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.

Literal Standard Version
And Ehud escaped during their lingering, and has passed by the images, and escapes to Seirath.

Majority Standard Bible
Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

New American Bible
During their delay Ehud escaped and, passing the sculptured stones, took refuge in Seirah.

NET Bible
Now Ehud had escaped while they were delaying. When he passed the carved images, he escaped to Seirah.

New Revised Standard Version
Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Seirah.

New Heart English Bible
Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirah.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Ehud escaped while they tarried; and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirath.

World English Bible
Ehud escaped while they waited, passed beyond the stone idols, and escaped to Seirah.

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

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Ehud
25So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor. 26Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah. 27On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.…

Cross References
Judges 3:25
So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors--and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.

Judges 3:27
On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram's horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.


Treasury of Scripture

And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirath.

the quarries

Judges 3:19
But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

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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
12. Ehud from Eglon
31. and Shamgar from the Philistines














(26) Unto Seirath.--Perhaps, rather, into the bush, or woodland, as the word has the article, and does not occur again. When he had got beyond the frontier post of Gilgal, into the district of Ephraim, he was safe from pursuit.

Verse 26. ? The quarries. See above, ver. 19. Seirath, or rather has-seirah, is not known as the name of a place. It seems to mean the rough or woody district, the forest in the hill country of Ephraim, where there was good shelter to hide in.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Ehud, however,
וְאֵה֥וּד (wə·’ê·hūḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 164: Ehud -- the name of several Israelites

had escaped
נִמְלַ֖ט (nim·laṭ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

while
עַ֣ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the servants waited.
הִֽתְמַהְמְהָ֑ם (hiṯ·mah·mə·hām)
Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4102: To question, hesitate, to be reluctant

He
וְהוּא֙ (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

passed by
עָבַ֣ר (‘ā·ḇar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

the idols
הַפְּסִילִ֔ים (hap·pə·sî·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6456: An idol, image

and escaped
וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט (way·yim·mā·lêṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

to Seirah.
הַשְּׂעִירָֽתָה׃ (haś·śə·‘î·rā·ṯāh)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8167: Seirah -- 'goat', a city in Ephraim


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