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


In Context

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?|

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.|

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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, 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.