Verse 3

Judges 12:3

Bible in Basic English

3 So when I saw that there was no help to be had from you, I put my life in my hand and went over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord gave them into my hands: why then have you come up to me this day to make war on me?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָֽ/אֶרְאֶ֞ה כִּֽי אֵינְ/ךָ֣ מוֹשִׁ֗יע וָ/אָשִׂ֨ימָ/ה נַפְשִׁ֤/י בְ/כַפִּ/י֙ וָֽ/אֶעְבְּרָ/ה֙ אֶל בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וַ/יִּתְּנֵ֥/ם יְהוָ֖ה בְּ/יָדִ֑/י וְ/לָ/מָ֞ה עֲלִיתֶ֥ם אֵלַ֛/י הַ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/זֶּ֖ה לְ/הִלָּ֥חֶם בִּֽ/י
English Translation
And I will see that you are not a savior, and I will place my soul in my hands, and I will pass over to the children of Ammon, and the Lord will deliver them into my hands. And why have you come to me today to fight against me?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 12 Context
1 Now the men of Ephraim came together and took up arms and went over to Zaphon; and they said to Jeph... Focus ↗
2 And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in danger, and the children of Ammon were very cruel... Focus ↗
3 So when I saw that there was no help to be had from you, I put my life in my hand and went over agai...
4 Then Jephthah got together all the men of Gilead and made war on Ephraim; and the men of Gilead over... Focus ↗
5 And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the m... Focus ↗
6 Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth, and was not able to say it in the... Focus ↗
7 Now Jephthah was judge of Israel for six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite came to his death, and hi... Focus ↗
8 And after him, Ibzan of Beth-lehem was judge of Israel. Focus ↗
9 He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from... Focus ↗
10 And Ibzan came to his death and his body was put to rest at Beth-lehem. Focus ↗
11 And after him, Elon the Zebulonite was judge of Israel; and he was judge of Israel for ten years. Focus ↗
12 And Elon the Zebulonite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Aijalon in the land of Ze... Focus ↗
13 And after him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, was judge of Israel. Focus ↗
14 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel... Focus ↗
15 And Abdon, the son of Hillel, came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Pirathon in the lan... Focus ↗
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Judges
Chapter
Chapter 12 (15 verses)
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