JDG 3:24 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξῆλθε· καὶ οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ ἐπῆλθον καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ αἱ θύραι τοῦ ὑπερῴου ἐσφηνωμέναι· καὶ εἶπαν, μήποτε ἀποκενοῖ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ταμείῳ τῷ θερινῷ;
(Kai autos exaʸlthe; kai hoi paides autou epaʸlthon kai eidon, kai idou hai thurai tou huperōou esfaʸnōmenai; kai eipan, maʸpote apokenoi tous podas autou en tōi tameiōi tōi therinōi; )

BrTr And he went out: and [fn]Eglom's servants came, and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber were locked; and they said, Does he not uncover his feet in the summer-chamber?

ULT After he had gone out, his servants came. They inspected and behold, the doors of the roof chamber were locked. So they said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the chamber in the coolness.”

UST After he had gone, King Eglon’s servants came back, but they saw that the doors of the room were locked. They said, “The king must be defecating in the inner room.”

BSB § 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.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE After he had gone, his servants came and saw that the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet[fn] in the upper room.”

3:24 or, “relieving himself”.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET When Ehud had left, Eglon’s servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself in the well-ventilated inner room.”

LSV and he has gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, “He is surely covering his feet, [relieving himself,] in the cool inner chamber.”

FBV After he had left, the servants came and saw that the doors of the room were locked. “He must be using the toilet,” they concluded.

T4T After he had gone, King Eglon’s servants came back, but they saw that the doors of the room were locked. They said, “The king must be defecating in the inner room.”

LEB After he left, his servants returned. When they saw that the doors of the upper room were locked, they thought,[fn] “Surely he is relieving himself[fn] in the cool inner room.”

3:24 Hebrew “they said”

3:24 Literally “covering his feet”

BBE Now when he had gone, the king's servants came, and saw that the doors of the summer-house were locked; and they said, It may be that he is in his summer-house for a private purpose.

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JPS Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper chamber were locked; and they said: 'Surely he is covering his feet in the cabinet of the cool chamber.'

ASV Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.

DRA Went out by a postern door. And the king’s servants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut, and they said: Perhaps he is easing nature in his summer parlour.

YLT and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, 'He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.'

Drby And when he was gone out, the servants of the [king] came and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper-chamber were bolted. And they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the summer chamber.

RV Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked; and they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

Wbstr When he had gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer-chamber.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]
(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/room. )

3.24 covereth…: or, doeth his easement

KJB-1611 [fn]When he was gone out, his seruants came, and when they saw, that behold, the doores of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he couereth his feet in his Summer chamber.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

3:24 Or, doth his easement.

Bshps When he was gone out, his seruauntes came: And when they sawe that the doores of the parler were locked, they sayde, Suerly he couereth his feete in his sommer chamber.
(When he was gone out, his servants came: And when they saw that the doors of the parler were locked, they said, Suerly he covereth his feet in his summer chamber/room.)

Gnva And when he was gone out, his seruantes came: who seeing that the doores of the parler were locked, they sayd, Surely he doeth his easement in his sommer chamber.
(And when he was gone out, his servantes came: who seeing that the doors of the parler were locked, they said, Surely he doeth his easement in his summer chamber/room. )

Cvdl Now whan he was gone, his seruauntes came in, and sawe that the dore of the Sommer perler was lockte, and they sayde: peraduenture he is gone to the preuye in the syled Sommer perler.
(Now when he was gone, his servants came in, and saw that the door of the Summer perler was lockte, and they said: peraduenture he is gone to the preuye in the panelled Summer perler.)

Wycl Aioth yede out bi a posterne. And the `seruauntis of the king entriden, not in the parlour, but in the porche, and thei sien the doris of the parlour closid, and seiden, In hap he purgith the wombe in the somer parlour.
(Aioth went out by a posterne. And the `servants of the king entered, not in the parlour, but in the porch, and they sien the doors of the parlour closid, and said, In hap he purgith the womb in the summer parlour.)

Luth Da er nun hinaus war, kamen seine Knechte hinein und sahen, daß die Tür der Sommerlaube verschlossen war, und sprachen: Er ist vielleicht zu Stuhl gegangen in der Kammer an der Sommerlaube.
(So he now hinaus was, came his servant(s) hinein and saw, that the door the/of_the Sommerlaube verschlossen was, and said: He is vielleicht to Stuhl gegangen in the/of_the Kammer at the/of_the Sommerlaube.)

ClVg per posticum egressus est. Servique regis ingressi viderunt clausas fores cœnaculi, atque dixerunt: Forsitan purgat alvum in æstivo cubiculo.
(per posticum egressus it_is. Servique king ingressi viderunt clausas fores cœnaculi, atque dixerunt: Forsitan purgat alvum in æstivo cubiculo. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

וְ⁠ה֤וּא יָצָא֙ וַ⁠עֲבָדָ֣י⁠ו בָּ֔אוּ

and=he he/it_went_forth and,servants,his they_went

The pronoun he refers to Ehud, and the pronoun his refers to Eglon. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “And Ehud went out, and Eglon’s servants came”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יִּרְא֕וּ וְ⁠הִנֵּ֛ה דַּלְת֥וֹת הָ⁠עֲלִיָּ֖ה נְעֻל֑וֹת

and=they_saw and=see/lo/see! doors the,roof_chamber locked

The author is using the term behold to indicate that what the servants found when they looked was unexpected. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. You could also state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and they discovered that the doors of the upper room were bolted”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

דַּלְת֥וֹת הָ⁠עֲלִיָּ֖ה נְעֻל֑וֹת

doors the,roof_chamber locked

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “someone had bolted the doors of the upper room”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

מֵסִ֥יךְ ה֛וּא אֶת־רַגְלָ֖י⁠ו

covering he/it DOM feet_of,himself

The servants are using the phrase covering his feet as a polite way of referring to an activity that is done in private. Your language may have a similar expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: “he is going to the bathroom”

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

בַּ⁠חֲדַ֥ר הַ⁠מְּקֵרָֽה

in/on/at/with,inner_room the,cool

See how you translated the expression “the upper room of coolness” in 3:20. The word chamber here is different from the word “upper chamber” there, but the author is referring to the same room, so you can use the same expression here as you did there.

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