5And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:


In Context

2 Now Galaad had a wife of whom he had sons: who after they were grown up, thrust out Jephte, saying: Thou canst not inherit in the house of our father, because thou art born of another mother.

3 Then he fled and avoided them and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered to him needy men, and robbers, and they followed him as their prince.

4 In those days the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

5 And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:

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

7 And he answered them: Are not you the men that hated me, and cast me out of my father's house, and now you are come to me constrained by necessity?

Judges 11:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:5the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And it was so, that, when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to take Jephthah from the land of Tob;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: