12And he sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, to say in his name, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me, to waste my land?


In Context

9 Jephte also said to them: If you be come to me sincerely, that I should fight for you against the children of Ammon, and the Lord shall deliver them into my band, shall I be your prince?

10 They answered him: The Lord who heareth these things, he himself is mediator and witness that we will do as we have promised.

11 Jephte therefore went with the princes of Galaad, and all the people made him their prince. And Jephte spoke all his words before the Lord in Maspha.

12 And he sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, to say in his name, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me, to waste my land?

13 And he answered them: Because Israel took away my land when he came up out of Egypt, from the confines of the Arnon unto the Jaboc and the Jordan: now therefore restore the same peaceably to me.

14 And Jephte again sent word by them, and commanded them to say to the king of Ammon:

Judges 11:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:12Then Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king with the question: "What do you have against us that you have attacked our country?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites and said, |What have you against me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou hast come against me to fight in my land?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, |What have you to do with me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12And Jephthah sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, saying, 'What — to me and to thee, that thou hast come in unto me, to fight in my land.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you to do with me, that you are come against me to fight in my land?