THEOSISJudges 3:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he made himself a two-edged sword, with a haft in the midst of the length of the palm of the hand, and was girded therewith, under his garment, on the right thigh.
וַיַּעַשׂ֩ ל֨וֹ אֵה֜וּד חֶ֗רֶב וְלָ֛הּ שְׁנֵ֥י פֵי֖וֹת גֹּ֣מֶד אָרְכָּ֑הּ וַיַּחְגֹּ֤ר אוֹתָהּ֙ מִתַּ֣חַת לְמַדָּ֔יו עַ֖ל יֶ֥רֶךְ יְמִינֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Song 3:8All holding swords, and most expert in war: every man's sword upon his thigh, because of fears in the night.
- Judg 3:21And Aod put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly,
- Rev 1:16And he had in his right hand seven stars. And from his mouth came out a sharp two-edged sword. And his face was as the sun shineth in his power.
- Rev 2:12And to the angel of the church of Pergamus write: These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword:
- Heb 4:12For the word of God is living and effectual and more piercing than any two edged sword; and reaching unto the division of the soul and the spirit, of the joints also and the marrow: and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- Ps 45 (44):3
- Ps 149:6The high praises of God shall be in their mouth: and two-edged swords in their hands: