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Judges 11:5

And when the children of Ammon fought thus agaynst Israel, the elders of Gilead went to set Iephthah out of the lande of Tob,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Government;   Jephthah;   Prayer;   Tob;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jephthah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ammonites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   Children;   Jephthah;   Tob;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gad;   Jephthah;   Judges, book of;   Ruler;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elder;   Leadership;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Vow;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bastard;   Jephthah;   Tob, the Land of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jephthah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Tob;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon, Ammonites;   Gilead;   Government;   Jephthah;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Tob;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ishtob ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jephtha;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elder;   Jephthah;   Tob;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;   Jephthah;   Testament;   Tob;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Courts, Judicial;   Jephthah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bastard;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jephthah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Hebrew Names Version
It was so, that when the children of `Ammon made war against Yisra'el, the Zakenim of Gil`ad went to get Yiftach out of the land of Tov;
King James Version
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
Lexham English Bible
When the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
English Standard Version
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
New Century Version
When the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to Jephthah to bring him back from Tob.
New English Translation
When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.
Amplified Bible
When the Ammonites fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;
New American Standard Bible
When the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the children of Ammon fought with Israel, the Elders of Gilead went to fet Iphtah out of the land of Tob.
Legacy Standard Bible
Maar toe die kinders van Ammon oorlog voer teen Israel, het die oudstes van Gílead Jefta gaan haal uit die land Tob;
Complete Jewish Bible
When the army of ‘Amon attacked Isra'el, the leaders of Gil‘ad went to fetch Yiftach from the territory of Tov
Darby Translation
And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Ammonites were fighting against Israel, so the elders in Gilead went to Jephthah. They wanted Jephthah to leave the land of Tob and come back to Gilead.
George Lamsa Translation
And when the children of Ammon made war against the children of Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tobtha;
Good News Translation
When this happened, the leaders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah back from the land of Tob.
Literal Translation
And it happened when the sons of Ammon fought with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now wha the childre of Ammon foughte thus with Israel, the Elders wente from Gilead to fetch Iephthae out of the londe of Tob,
American Standard Version
And it was so, that, when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
Bible in Basic English
And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the responsible men of Gilead went to get Jephthah back from the land of Tob;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob.
King James Version (1611)
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the Elders of Gilead went to fetch Iephthah out of the land of Tob,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that the elders of Galaad went to fetch Jephthae from the land of Tob.
English Revised Version
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
Berean Standard Bible
and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and whanne thei contynueden scharpli, the grettere men in birthe of Galaad, yeden to take in to `the help of hem silf Jepte fro the lond of Tob;
Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to take Jephthah from the land of Tob;
Update Bible Version
And it was so, that, when the sons of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
Webster's Bible Translation
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
World English Bible
It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
New King James Version
And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
New Living Translation
When the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead sent for Jephthah in the land of Tob.
New Life Bible
When the men of Ammon fought against Israel, the leaders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
New Revised Standard
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When, therefore, it came to pass that the sons of Ammon made war with Israel, then went the elders of Gilead, to summon Jephthah out of the land of Tob.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:
Revised Standard Version
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;

Contextual Overview

4 And in processe of time, the children of Ammon made warre agaynst Israel. 5 And when the children of Ammon fought thus agaynst Israel, the elders of Gilead went to set Iephthah out of the lande of Tob, 6 And sayde vnto him: Come, and be our captayne, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. 7 Iephthah aunswered the elders of Gilead: Dyd not ye hate me, & expell me out of my fathers house? howe then come you vnto me nowe in time of your tribulation? 8 And the elders of Gilead sayde vnto Iephthah: Therfore we turne agayne to thee nowe, that thou mayest go with vs, & fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head ouer all the inhabitauntes of Gilead. 9 And Iephthah sayde vnto the elders of Gilead: If ye bring me home againe to fight against the children of Ammon, then yf the Lorde deliuer them before me, shall I be your head? 10 And the elders of Gilead sayd to Iephthah: The Lorde be witnesse betweene vs, if we do not according to thy wordes. 11 Then Iephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and ye people made hym head & captayne ouer them: And Iephthah rehearsed al his wordes before the Lorde in Mispah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made war: Judges 10:9, Judges 10:17, Judges 10:18

to fetch: 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Samuel 11:6, 1 Samuel 11:7, 1 Samuel 11:12, Psalms 118:22, Psalms 118:23, Acts 7:35-39, 1 Corinthians 1:27-29

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 10:6 - Ishtob

Cross-References

Genesis 11:13
And Arphaxad liued after he begat Selah, foure hundreth and three yeres: and begat sonnes and daughters.
Genesis 11:14
Selah liued thirtie yeres, and begat Heber.
Genesis 11:23
And Serug liued after he begat Nachor, two hundreth yeres: and begat sonnes and daughters.
Genesis 11:24
And Nachor lyued nyne and twentie yeres, and begat Tarah.
Genesis 18:21
I wyll go downe nowe, and see whether they haue done altogether accordyng to that crye whiche is come vnto me: and yf not, I wyll knowe.
Exodus 3:8
And am come downe to deliuer the out of the hande of the Egyptians, and to bryng them out of that lande, vnto a good lande & a large, vnto a lande that floweth with mylke and hony, euen vnto the place of the Chanaanites, and Hethites, and Amorites, and Pherizites, and Heuites, and of the Iebusites.
Exodus 19:11
And be redy against the thirde day, for the thirde day the Lorde wyll come downe in the sight of all the people vppon mount Sinai.
Exodus 19:18
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lorde descended downe vpon it in fire, and the smoke thereof, ascended vp as the smoke of a furnace, and all the mount quaked exceedyngly.
Exodus 19:20
And the Lorde came downe vpon mount Sinai, euen in the toppe of the hill: & when the Lord called Moyses vp into the top of the hil, Moyses went vp.
Psalms 11:4
But God is in his holy temple, Gods throne is in heauen: his eyes looke downe, his eye liddes tryeth the chyldren of men.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel,.... Were preparing for it, and had assembled their forces near them, and had began to make some efforts against them:

the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob; they did not send messengers to him, but went themselves, partly to show greater respect to him, and partly in hopes of better success, being aware of objections he would make, which they could better answer themselves than a deputation.


 
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