6and they said to Jephthah, |Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the Ammonites.|


In Context

3 Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless fellows collected round Jephthah, and went raiding with him.

4 After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel.

5 And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob;

6 and they said to Jephthah, |Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the Ammonites.|

7 But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, |Did you not hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?|

8 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, |That is why we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight with the Ammonites, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.|

Judges 11:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:6"Come," they said, "be our commander, so we can fight the Ammonites."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And they said to him: Come thou and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:6and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:6and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6and they said to Jephthah, |Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6and they say unto Jephthah, 'Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.