Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years.
WEB
Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
YLT
And there riseth after him Jair the Gileadite, and he judgeth Israel twenty and two years,
DBT
And after him rose up Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy