Verse 10

Judges 11:10

Young's Literal Translation

10 And the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, 'Jehovah is hearkening between us -- if according to thy word we do not so.'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמְר֥וּ זִקְנֵֽי גִלְעָ֖ד אֶל יִפְתָּ֑ח יְהוָ֗ה יִהְיֶ֤ה שֹׁמֵ֨עַ֙ בֵּֽינוֹתֵ֔י/נוּ אִם לֹ֥א כִ/דְבָרְ/ךָ֖ כֵּ֥ן נַעֲשֶֽׂה
English Translation
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "May the LORD be a witness between us if we do not do according to your word."
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Chapter 11 Context
1 And Jephthah the Gileadite hath been a mighty man of valour, and he [is] son of a woman, a harlot; a... Focus ↗
2 and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife's sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and s... Focus ↗
3 And Jephthah fleeth from the face of his brethren, and dwelleth in the land of Tob; and vain men gat... Focus ↗
4 And it cometh to pass, after a time, that the Bene-Ammon fight with Israel, Focus ↗
5 and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to... Focus ↗
6 and they say unto Jephthah, 'Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Be... Focus ↗
7 And Jephthah saith to the elders of Gilead, 'Have not ye hated me? and ye cast me out from the house... Focus ↗
8 and the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, 'Therefore, now, we have turned back unto thee; and thou... Focus ↗
9 And Jephthah saith unto the elders of Gilead, 'If ye are taking me back to fight against the Bene-Am... Focus ↗
10 And the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, 'Jehovah is hearkening between us -- if according to thy...
11 And Jephthah goeth with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them for head and for capt... Focus ↗
12 And Jephthah sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, saying, 'What -- to me and to thee,... Focus ↗
13 And the king of the Bene-Ammon saith unto the messengers of Jephthah, 'Because Israel took my land i... Focus ↗
14 And Jephthah addeth yet and sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, Focus ↗
15 and saith to him, 'Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not the land of Moab, and the land of the Bene-Am... Focus ↗
16 for in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel goeth in the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and cometh in... Focus ↗
17 and Israel sendeth messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me pass over, I pray thee, through... Focus ↗
18 and he goeth through the wilderness, and compasseth the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and comet... Focus ↗
19 'And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon, king of the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and Israel saith to... Focus ↗
20 and Sihon hath not trusted Israel to pass over through his border, and Sihon gathereth all his peopl... Focus ↗
21 and Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, giveth Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and th... Focus ↗
22 and they possess all the border of the Amorite from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and from the wildern... Focus ↗
23 'And now, Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorite from the presence of His pe... Focus ↗
24 That which Chemosh thy god causeth thee to possess -- dost thou not possess it? and all that which J... Focus ↗
25 'And now, [art] thou at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at all strive with... Focus ↗
26 In Israel's dwelling in Heshbon and in its towns, and in Aroer and in its towns, and in all the citi... Focus ↗
27 And I -- I have not sinned against thee, and thou art doing with me evil -- to fight against me. Jeh... Focus ↗
28 And the king of the Bene-Ammon hath not hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto him, Focus ↗
29 and the Spirit of Jehovah is on Jephthah, and he passeth over Gilead and Manasseh, and passeth over... Focus ↗
30 And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, 'If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my ha... Focus ↗
31 then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning... Focus ↗
32 And Jephthah passeth over unto the Bene-Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah giveth them into hi... Focus ↗
33 and he smiteth them from Aroer, and unto thy going in to Minnith, twenty cities, and unto the meadow... Focus ↗
34 And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with... Focus ↗
35 And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, 'Alas, my daughte... Focus ↗
36 And she saith unto him, 'My father -- thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah, do to me as it hath g... Focus ↗
37 And she saith unto her father, 'Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on... Focus ↗
38 And he saith, 'Go;' and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she... Focus ↗
39 and it cometh to pass at the end of two months that she turneth back unto her father, and he doth to... Focus ↗
40 from time to time the daughters of Israel go to talk to the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four... Focus ↗