Verse 10

Judges 11:10

Noah Webster Bible

10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be a witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
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 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead beg... Focus ↗
2 And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said... Focus ↗
3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men... Focus ↗
4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. Focus ↗
5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to... Focus ↗
6 And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. Focus ↗
7 And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did ye not hate me, and expel me from my father's house;... Focus ↗
8 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go... Focus ↗
9 And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children o... Focus ↗
10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be a witness between us, if we do not so accordi...
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: an... Focus ↗
12 And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with... Focus ↗
13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took aw... Focus ↗
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon: Focus ↗
15 And said to him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the chi... Focus ↗
16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness to the Red sea, and came to Ka... Focus ↗
17 Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land:... Focus ↗
18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, a... Focus ↗
19 And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to hi... Focus ↗
20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon collected all his people, and enc... Focus ↗
21 And the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and... Focus ↗
22 And they possessed all the borders of the Amorites, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and from the wilderne... Focus ↗
23 So now the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel,... Focus ↗
24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our... Focus ↗
25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab? did he ever strive agai... Focus ↗
26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that... Focus ↗
27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Ju... Focus ↗
28 But, the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah which he sent him. Focus ↗
29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed... Focus ↗
30 And Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of A... Focus ↗
31 Then it shall be, that whatever cometh out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in pea... Focus ↗
32 So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them... Focus ↗
33 And he smote them from Aroer even till thou comest to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to the plain... Focus ↗
34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrel... Focus ↗
35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said Alas, my daughter! thou has... Focus ↗
36 And she said to him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to the LORD, do to me according to tha... Focus ↗
37 And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: Let me alone two months, that I may go up... Focus ↗
38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed... Focus ↗
39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her acco... Focus ↗
40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days... Focus ↗