Judges 11:7
in Judges 11Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
KJV
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
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This verse in Judges 11
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
It is probable that he saw some of his brothers among the deputies. Jephthah was now in circumstances to make his own terms. With his former experience, he would have shown little wisdom or prudence without binding them to a clear and specific engagement to invest him with unlimited authority, the more especially as he was about to imperil his life in their cause.
This site's exposition
Did you not hate me and expel me
on Judges 11:7-8
Verse 2 lays the expulsion on his brothers and verse 7 lays it on the elders of Gilead, who answer without denying it. The offer rises from commander in verse 6 to "leader over all of us who live in Gilead" in verse 8, the headship the rulers of Gilead had already posted at 10:18. The elders hold to terms set before they knew who would claim them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They had thrust God out by their idolatries, yet in their distress begged his help; he told them how justly he might have rejected them, and yet graciously delivered them. Many slight God and good men till they come to be in distress, and then they are desirous of God's mercy and good men's prayers.
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
This gives a wider signification to Jdg 11:2-3, and shows that Jephthah’s “brethren” include his fellow tribesmen.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יִפְתָּח֙ | yiftach | Jephthah | H3316 → | 30 times |
| לְזִקְנֵ֣י | leziknei | to [the] elders of | H2205 → | 178 times |
| גִלְעָ֔ד | gilad | Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| הֲלֹ֤א | halo' | ¿ not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אַתֶּם֙ | ʾatem | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| שְׂנֵאתֶ֣ם | senetem | did you hate | H8130 → | 146 times |
| אוֹתִ֔י | ʾoti | <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וַתְּגָרְשׁ֖וּנִי | vategareshuni | and did you drive out? me | H1644 → | 46 times |
| מִבֵּ֣ית | mibeit | from [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אָבִ֑י | ʾavi | father my | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וּמַדּ֜וּעַ | umadua' | and why? | H4069 → | 72 times |
| בָּאתֶ֤ם | batem | have you come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵלַי֙ | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עַ֔תָּה | ʾatah | now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר | kaasher | just when | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צַ֥ר | tzar | [is] distress | H6862 → | |
| לָכֶֽם׃ | lakhem | to <the> you |
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יִפְתָּח֙Jephthah
yiftachH3316 →30 times
לְזִקְנֵ֣יto [the] elders of
lezikneiH2205 →178 times
גִלְעָ֔דGilead
giladH1568 →134 times
הֲלֹ֤א¿ not
halo'H3808 →5168 times
אַתֶּם֙you
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
שְׂנֵאתֶ֣םdid you hate
senetemH8130 →146 times
אוֹתִ֔י<obj.> me
ʾotiH853 →10935 times
וַתְּגָרְשׁ֖וּנִיand did you drive out? me
vategareshuniH1644 →46 times
מִבֵּ֣יתfrom [the] house of
mibeitH1004 →2046 times
אָבִ֑יfather my
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
וּמַדּ֜וּעַand why?
umadua'H4069 →72 times
בָּאתֶ֤םhave you come
batemH935 →2568 times
אֵלַי֙to me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
עַ֔תָּהnow
ʾatahH6258 →433 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רjust when
kaasherH834 →5497 times
צַ֥ר[is] distress
tzarH6862 →
לָכֶֽם׃to <the> you
lakhem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
it leads to
- Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
- John 15:13–14
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
- Proverbs 18:24
Through
Isaiah 60:14The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy…
it leads to
- Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 45:14
This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 3:9
Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know…
- Hebrews 12:22
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
- Isaiah 49:23
Through
Revelation 3:9Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know…
it leads to
- Isaiah 60:14
The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy…
- Revelation 2:9
I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
- Isaiah 60:14
About Judges
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.