^3:24When Ehud had left, Eglon’s⁴¹ servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself⁴² in the well-ventilated inner room.”⁴³

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Footnotes

41 Heb “his.”
42 Heb “covering his feet” (i.e., with his outer garments while he relieves himself).
43 The Hebrew expression translated “well-ventilated inner room” may refer to the upper room itself or to a bathroom attached to or within it.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When he had gone, the servants came, and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, “Surely he is relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

After he had gone, the servants came and found the doors of the upper room locked. They said, “He must be relieving himself in the inner room of the palace.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Ehud was gone when Eglon’s servants came in. They looked and found the doors of the upstairs room locked and thought he was relieving himself in the cool room.

NLTNew Living Translation

After Ehud was gone, the king’s servants returned and found the doors to the upstairs room locked. They thought he might be using the latrine in the room,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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