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


In Context

2 Gilead's wife also bore him sons, and when they were grown up, they drove Jephthah away. "You are not going to get any inheritance in our family," they said, "because you are the son of another woman."

3 So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where a group of adventurers gathered around him and followed him.

4 Some time later, when the Ammonites made war on Israel,

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

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

7 Jephthah said to them, "Didn't you hate me and drive me from my father's house? Why do you come to me now, when you're in trouble?"

Judges 11:5 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:

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: