And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And when he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people that bare the tribute.
WEB
After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
YLT
And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present,
DBT
And it came to pass when he had ended offering the gift, he sent away the people that had borne the gift.
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