Verse 2

Judges 12:2

Young's Literal Translation

2 And Jephthah saith unto them, 'A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יִפְתָּח֙ אֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם אִ֣ישׁ רִ֗יב הָיִ֛יתִי אֲנִ֛י וְ/עַמִּ֥/י וּ/בְנֵֽי עַמּ֖וֹן מְאֹ֑ד וָ/אֶזְעַ֣ק אֶתְ/כֶ֔ם וְ/לֹֽא הוֹשַׁעְתֶּ֥ם אוֹתִ֖/י מִ/יָּדָֽ/ם
English Translation
And Jephthah said to them, "I have had a very serious conflict with my people and the Ammonites, and I called to you, but you did not save me from their hand."
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Chapter 12 Context
1 And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, 'Wherefore... Focus ↗
2 And Jephthah saith unto them, 'A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Amm...
3 and I see that thou art not a saviour, and I put my life in my hand, and pass over unto the Bene-Amm... Focus ↗
4 And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fighteth with Ephraim, and the men of Gilead smite... Focus ↗
5 And Gilead captureth the passages of the Jordan to Ephraim, and it hath been, when [any of] the fugi... Focus ↗
6 that they say to him, 'Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;' and he saith, 'Sibboleth,' and is not prepared... Focus ↗
7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite dieth, and is buried in [one of] th... Focus ↗
8 And after him Ibzan of Beth-Lehem judgeth Israel, Focus ↗
9 and he hath thirty sons and thirty daughters, he hath sent without and thirty daughters hath brought... Focus ↗
10 And Ibzan dieth, and is buried in Beth-Lehem. Focus ↗
11 And after him Elon the Zebulunite judgeth Israel, and he judgeth Israel ten years, Focus ↗
12 and Elon the Zebulunite dieth, and is buried in Aijalon, in the land of Zebulun. Focus ↗
13 And after him, Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judgeth Israel, Focus ↗
14 and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eig... Focus ↗
15 And Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, dieth, and is buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim,... Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Judges
Chapter
Chapter 12 (15 verses)
Version
Young's Literal Translation
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