6And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.


In Context

3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

5 And 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:

6 And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

7 And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did ye not hate me, and expel me from my father's house; and why have ye come to me now when ye are in distress?

8 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

Judges 11:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:6"Come," they said, "be our commander, so we can fight the Ammonites."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And they said to him: Come thou and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:6and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6and they said to Jephthah, |Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the Ammonites.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:6and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6and they said to Jephthah, |Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6and they say unto Jephthah, 'Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.