Jueces 3:20-22

Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)

²⁰Entonces Aod se acercó al rey, que estaba sentado solo en la habitación del piso superior de su palacio de verano,^[a] y le dijo:

―Tengo un mensaje de Dios para ti.

Cuando el rey se levantó de su trono, ²¹Aod extendió la mano izquierda, sacó el puñal que llevaba en el muslo derecho y se lo clavó al rey en el vientre. ²²La empuñadura se hundió tras la hoja, a tal punto que esta le salió por la espalda.^[b] Además, Aod no le sacó el puñal, ya que este quedó totalmente cubierto por la gordura.

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Footnotes

3:20 palacio de verano. Frase de difícil traducción.
3:22 que esta le salió por la espalda. Alt. que se le salieron los excrementos.

Judges 3:20-22

New International Version

²⁰Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace^[a]^(A) and said, “I have a message from God for you.” As the king rose^(B) from his seat, ²¹Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword^(C) from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly. ²²Even the handle sank in after the blade, and his bowels discharged. Ehud did not pull the sword out, and the fat closed in over it.

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Judges 3:20 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 24.

Judges 3:20-22

New King James Version

²⁰So Ehud came to him (now he was sitting upstairs in his cool private chamber). Then Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” So he arose from his seat. ²¹Then Ehud reached with his left hand, took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly. ²²Even the ^[a]hilt went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the dagger out of his belly; and his entrails came out.

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