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Judges 11:5

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;

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;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the children of Ammon fought thus agaynst Israel, the elders of Gilead went to set Iephthah out of the lande 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.
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 In tho daies the sones of Amon fouyten ayens Israel; 5 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; 6 and thei seiden to hym, Come thou, and be oure prince, and fiyte ayens the sones of Amon. 7 To whiche he answeride, Whethir not ye it ben, that haten me, and castiden me out of the hows of mi fadir, and now ye camen to me, and weren compellid bi nede? 8 And the princes of Galaad seiden to Jepte, Therfor for this cause we camen now to thee, that thou go with vs, and fiyt ayens the sones of Amon; and that thou be the duyk of alle men that dwellen in Galaad. 9 And Jepte seide to hem, Whether ye camen verili to me, that Y fiyte for you ayens the sones of Amon, and if the Lord schal bitake hem in to myn hondis, schal Y be youre prince? 10 Whiche answeriden to hym, The Lord hym silf, that herith these thingis, is mediatour and witnesse, that we schulen do oure biheestis. 11 And so Jepte wente with the princes of Galaad, and al the puple made hym her prince; and Jepte spak alle hise wordis bifor the Lord in Maspha.

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 Arfaxath lyuede aftir that he gendride Sale thre hundride and thre yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Genesis 11:14
Also Sale lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Heber;
Genesis 11:23
and Saruch lyuede aftir that he gendride Nacor two hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Genesis 11:24
Forsothe Nachor lyuede nyne and twenti yeer, and gendride Thare;
Genesis 18:21
and schal se whether thei han fillid in werk the cry that cam to me, that Y wite whether it is not so.
Exodus 3:8
And Y knew the sorewe of the puple, and Y cam down to delyuere it fro the hondis of Egipcians, and lede out of that lond in to a good lond and brood, into a lond that flowith with milk and hony, to the places of Cananey, and of Ethei, of Amorrey, and of Feresei, of Euey, and of Jebusei.
Exodus 19:11
and be thei redi in to the thridde dai; for in the thridde dai the Lord schal come doun bifore al the puple on the hil of Synai.
Exodus 19:18
Forsothe al the hil of Synai smokide, for the Lord hadde come doun theronne in fier; and smoke stiede therof as of a furneis, and al the hil was ferdful;
Exodus 19:20
and the Lord cam doun on the hil of Synay, in thilke cop of the hil, and clepide Moises to the cop therof. And whanne he hadde stied thidur,
Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his hooli temple; he is Lord, his seete is in heuene. Hise iyen biholden on a pore man; hise iyelidis axen the sones 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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