2Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, |You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman.|


In Context

1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a prostitute: and Gilead became the father of Jephthah.

2 Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, |You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman.|

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

4 It happened after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

Judges 11:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:2Gilead'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."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:2And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou [art] the son of a strange woman.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:2Now Galaad had a wife of whom he had sons: who after they were grown up, thrust out Jephte, saying: Thou canst not inherit in the house of our father, because thou art born of another mother.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:2And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2And Gilead's wife also bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they thrust Jephthah out, and said to him, |You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:2And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drave out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said to him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife's sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, 'Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman art thou.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:2And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said to him, You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of a strange woman.