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?


In Context

9 And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be a witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.

12 And 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?

13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came out of Egypt, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and to Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.

14 And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And 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?

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 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?