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


In Context

3 And Jephthah fleeth from the face of his brethren, and dwelleth in the land of Tob; and vain men gather themselves together unto Jephthah, and they go out with him.

4 And it cometh to pass, after a time, that the Bene-Ammon fight with Israel,

5 and 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;

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

7 And Jephthah saith to the elders of Gilead, 'Have not ye hated me? and ye cast me out from the house of my father, and wherefore have ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?'

8 and the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, 'Therefore, now, we have turned back unto thee; and thou hast gone with us, and fought against the Bene-Ammon, and thou hast been to us for head — to 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 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 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.