7And 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?'


In Context

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.'

9 And Jephthah saith unto the elders of Gilead, 'If ye are taking me back to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah hath given them before me — I, am I to you for a head?'

Judges 11:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:7Jephthah said to them, "Didn't you hate me and drive me from my father's house? Why do you come to me now, when you're in trouble?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:7And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:7And he answered them: Are not you the men that hated me, and cast me out of my father's house, and now you are come to me constrained by necessity?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:7And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, |Did you not hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:7And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did ye not hate me, and expel me from my father's house; and why have ye come to me now when ye are in distress?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7Jephthah 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?|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:7And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did not you hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are you come to me now when you are in distress?