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Wycliffe Bible

Judges 11:6

and thei seiden to hym, Come thou, and be oure prince, and fiyte ayens the sones of Amon.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   Children;   Jephthah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elder;   Leadership;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Vow;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bastard;   Captain;   Jephthah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chief;   Jephthah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon, Ammonites;   Gilead;   Jephthah;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Saviour (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jephtha;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jephthah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Captain;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;   Jephthah;   Testament;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They said to him, “Come, be our commander, and let’s fight the Ammonites.”
Hebrew Names Version
and they said to Yiftach, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of `Ammon.
King James Version
And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
Lexham English Bible
And they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our commander, so that we may make war against the Ammonites."
English Standard Version
And they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our leader, that we may fight against the Ammonites."
New Century Version
They said to him, "Come and lead our army so we can fight the Ammonites."
New English Translation
They said, "Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites."
Amplified Bible
and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our leader, so that we may fight against the Ammonites."
New American Standard Bible
and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our leader, that we may fight against the sons of Ammon."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they saide vnto Iphtah, Come and be our captaine, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
Legacy Standard Bible
en hulle het vir Jefta gesê: Kom en wees ons aanvoerder, dat ons kan veg teen die kinders van Ammon.
Contemporary English Version
"Please come back to Gilead! If you lead our army, we will be able to fight off the Ammonites."
Complete Jewish Bible
and said to him, "Come and be our chief, so that we can fight the army of ‘Amon."
Darby Translation
And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight against the children of Ammon.
Easy-to-Read Version
The elders said to Jephthah, "Come and be our leader so that we can fight the Ammonites."
George Lamsa Translation
And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
Good News Translation
They told him, "Come and lead us, so that we can fight the Ammonites."
Literal Translation
And they said to Jephthah, Come, and you shall be our commander, that we may fight against the sons of Ammon.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde vnto him: Come, and be oure captayne, and fight agaynst the children of Ammon.
American Standard Version
and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
Bible in Basic English
And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief so that we may make war against the children of Ammon.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And sayde vnto him: Come, and be our captayne, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they said unto Jephthah: 'Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.'
King James Version (1611)
And they said vnto Iephthah, Come and bee our Captaine, that wee may fight with the children of Ammon.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they said to Jephthae, Come, and be our head, and we will fight with the sons of Ammon.
English Revised Version
and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
Berean Standard Bible
"Come," they said, "be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites."
Young's Literal Translation
and they say unto Jephthah, `Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.'
Update Bible Version
and they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the sons of Ammon.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
World English Bible
and they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
New King James Version
Then they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon."
New Living Translation
The elders said, "Come and be our commander! Help us fight the Ammonites!"
New Life Bible
They said to Jephthah, "Come and be our leader, so we may fight against the men of Ammon."
New Revised Standard
They said to Jephthah, "Come and be our commander, so that we may fight with the Ammonites."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they said to Jephthah, Oh! come and be our commander, - that we may do battle with the sons of Ammon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they said to him: Come thou, and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.
Revised Standard Version
and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the Ammonites."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief that we may fight against the sons of Ammon."

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

Reciprocal: Isaiah 3:6 - a man

Cross-References

Genesis 3:22
Adam is maad as oon of vs, and knowith good and yuel; now therfore se ye, lest perauenture he putte his hond, and take of the tre of lijf, and ete, and lyue with outen ende.
Genesis 6:5
Sotheli God seiy that myche malice of men was in erthe, and that al the thouyt of herte was ententif to yuel in al tyme,
Genesis 8:21
And the Lord sauerede the odour of swetnesse, and seide to hym, Y schal no more curse the erthe for men, for the wit and thouyt of mannus herte ben redi in to yuel fro yong wexynge age; therfor Y schal no more smyte ech lyuynge soule as Y dide;
Genesis 9:19
These thre weren the sones of Noe, and al the kynde of men was sowun of hem on al erthe.
Genesis 11:1
Forsothe the lond was of o langage, and of the same speche.
Genesis 11:4
and seiden, Come ye, and make we to vs a citee and tour, whos hiynesse stretche `til to heuene; and make we solempne oure name bifor that we be departid in to alle londis.
Judges 10:14
Go ye, and clepe goddis whiche ye han chose; delyuere thei you in the tyme of angwisch.
1 Kings 18:27
And whanne it was thanne myddai, Elie scornede hem, and seide, Crie ye with gretter vois, for Baal is youre god, and in hap he spekith with an other, ethir he is in a herborgerie, ether in weie, ether certis he slepith, that he be reisid.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Therfor, thou yonge man, be glad in thi yongthe, and thin herte be in good in the daies of thi yongthe, and go thou in the weies of thin herte, and in the biholdyng of thin iyen; and wite thou, that for alle these thingis God shal brynge thee in to doom.
Luke 1:51
He made myyt in his arme, he scaterede proude men with the thouyte of his herte.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they said unto Jephthah, come and be our captain,.... The general of their army, to conduct and lead on their forces; they did not propose him to be their king, being convinced by Abimelech's conduct that such a step would be wrong; nor did they say anything of his being their judge, having no other view than to serve their present exigence; besides, a judge was not one chosen by the people, but raised up of God, and which honour was conferred on Jephthah afterwards:

that we may fight with the children of Ammon; with judgment, courage, and success; they did not make this proposal to him to save themselves from being engaged in the war, but that they might have one skilful in military affairs at the head of them, to instruct them in the art of war, and lead them on in a regular manner, and animate them by his brave example.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 11:6. Come, and be our captain — The Israelites were assembled in Mizpeh, but were without a captain to lead them against the Ammonites. And we find, from the conclusion of the preceding chapter, that they offered the command to any that would accept it.


 
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