2And he answered them: I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon: and I called you to assist me, and you would not do it.


In Context

1 But behold there arose a sedition in Ephraim. And passing towards the north, they said to Jephte: When thou wentest to fight against the children of Ammon, why wouldst thou not call us, that we might go with thee? Therefore we will burn thy house.

2 And he answered them: I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon: and I called you to assist me, and you would not do it.

3 And when I saw this, I put my life in my own hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hands. What have I deserved, that you should rise up to fight against me?

4 Then calling to him all the men of Galaad, he fought against Ephraim: and the men of Galaad defeated Ephraim, because he had said: Galaad is a fugitive of Ephraim, and dwelleth in the midst of Ephraim and Manasses.

Judges 12:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:2Jephthah answered, "I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn't save me out of their hands.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:2And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:2And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2And Jephthah said to them, |I and my people had a great feud with the Ammonites; and when I called you, you did not deliver me from their hand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:2And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2Jephthah said to them, |I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn't save me out of their hand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2And Jephthah saith unto them, 'A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:2And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you delivered me not out of their hands.