And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
WEB
“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
YLT
and they say unto Jephthah, `Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.'
DBT
And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight against the children of Ammon.
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