11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh in Mizpah.


In Context

8 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, |Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and you shall be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.|

9 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, |If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them before me, shall I be your head?|

10 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, |Yahweh shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do.|

11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh in Mizpah.

12 Jephthah 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?|

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

Judges 11:11 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them. And he repeated all his words before the LORD in Mizpah.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:11Then 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:11Jephte therefore went with the princes of Galaad, and all the people made him their prince. And Jephte spoke all his words before the Lord in Maspha.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spake all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD at Mizpah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:11Then 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:11And Jephthah goeth with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them for head and for captain, and Jephthah speaketh all his words before Jehovah in Mizpeh.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:11Then 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.