KJV King James Version
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened [them]: and, behold, their lord [was] fallen down dead on the earth.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 3:25
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened [them]: and, behold, their lord [was] fallen down dead on the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn’t open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened them, and behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
And they tarried till they were ashamed; and, behold, he opened not the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened them, and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they stay till confounded, and lo, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and lo, their lord is fallen to the earth—dead.
Surrounding context — Judges 3
22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour [were] locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened [them]: and, behold, their lord [was] fallen down dead on the earth.
26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
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וַיָּחִ֣ילוּH2342 · chulto twist: trembleעַד־H5704 · adtillבּ֔וֹשׁH954 · bushbe ashamedוְהִנֵּ֛הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdאֵינֶ֥נּוּH369 · a.yinnothingפֹתֵ֖חַH6605 · pa.tachto openדַּלְת֣וֹתH1817 · daldoorהָֽעֲלִיָּ֑הH5944 · a.liy.yahupper roomוַיִּקְח֤וּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמַּפְתֵּ֙חַ֙H4668 · maph.te.achkeyוַיִּפְתָּ֔חוּH6605 · pa.tachto openוְהִנֵּה֙H2009 · hin.nehbeholdאֲדֹ֣נֵיהֶ֔םH113 · a.donlordנֹפֵ֥לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallאַ֖רְצָהH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמֵֽת׃H4191 · mutto die
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