Verse 3

Judges 12:3

World English Bible

3 When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me today, to fight against 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 The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did... Focus ↗
2 Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I... Focus ↗
3 When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children o...
4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead st... Focus ↗
5 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. When the fugitives of Ephraim s... Focus ↗
6 then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pr... Focus ↗
7 Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of... Focus ↗
8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. Focus ↗
9 He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent outside his clan, and thirty daughters he brought i... Focus ↗
10 Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem. Focus ↗
11 After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. Focus ↗
12 Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. Focus ↗
13 After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. Focus ↗
14 He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight ye... Focus ↗
15 Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in... Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Judges
Chapter
Chapter 12 (15 verses)
Version
World English Bible
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