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;


In Context

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.

5 It 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;

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

7 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, |Didn't you hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?|

Judges 11:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:5the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

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 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: