Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
Jephthah the Gileadite was
a mighty man of valor;
he was
the
son of a prostitute
, and Gilead was
his
father.
And
Jephthah the Gileadite hath
been
a mighty man of valour,
and
he `is'
son of a woman
, a
harlot;
and Gilead begetteth
Jephthah,
And Gilead’s
wife bore
him sons who
grew
up
, drove
Jephthah
out, and said
to him, “You
shall
have
no
inheritance
in our
father’s
house,
because
you
are
the son of another woman. ”
and 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
. '
So
Jephthah fled
from his brothers
and settled
in the land of Tob ,
where
worthless
men gathered
around
him
and traveled
with him.
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.
Some
time later
, when
the Ammonites
fought
against
Israel
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
after
a
time, that
the Bene-Ammon
fight
with
Israel ,
and made
war
with them
, the elders of Gilead went
to get
Jephthah from the land of Tob .
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 ;
“Come,”
they said
, “be
our
commander
, so
that
we can
fight against the Ammonites
. ”
and
they say
unto
Jephthah
, `Come
, and
thou
hast
been
to
us
for
captain,
and
we fight against the Bene-Ammon
. '
Jephthah replied
to the elders of Gilead, “Did
you
not hate
me and expel
me from my
father’s
house ?
Why
then
have you
come to
me now ,
when you
are in distress? ”
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? '
They
answered
Jephthah, “This
is
why
we
now turn
to
you
, that
you
may
go
with us, fight
the Ammonites
, and become
leader
over
all of us
who
live
in
Gilead. ”
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. '
But
Jephthah asked
them
, “
If you
take
me back to fight the Ammonites
and the
LORD
gives
them to
me, will
I really
be
your
leader
? ”
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
? '
And the elders of Gilead said
to
Jephthah, “The
LORD
is our
witness
if we do not do
as
you
say
. ”
And the elders of Gilead say
unto
Jephthah, `Jehovah
is hearkening
between
us
--
if according
to
thy
word
we do not so
. '
So
Jephthah went
with the elders of Gilead, and the people made
him their
leader
and commander.
And Jephthah repeated
all his terms
in the
presence
of
the
LORD
at
Mizpah
.
And
Jephthah goeth
with the elders of Gilead, and the people set
him over
them
for
head
and for
captain,
and Jephthah speaketh
all his words
before
Jehovah
in Mizpeh
.
Then
Jephthah sent
messengers to
the king of the Ammonites
, saying, “
What do
you
have
against
me that you
have
come to fight against
my land ?”
And
Jephthah sendeth
messengers unto
the king of the Bene-Ammon
, saying, `
What --
to
me and
to
thee,
that thou
hast
come in
unto
me,
to fight in
my land .'
The king of the Ammonites
answered
Jephthah’s
messengers, “When
Israel came
up out of Egypt, they
seized
my
land,
from the
Arnon to
the Jabbok and all
the
way
to
the Jordan .
Now, therefore,
restore it
peaceably
. ”
And
the king of the Bene-Ammon
saith
unto
the
messengers of
Jephthah
, `Because
Israel took
my
land
in
his
coming
up out of Egypt, from Arnon ,
and
unto
the Jabbok ,
and unto
the Jordan ;
and
now, restore them
in
peace
. '
Jephthah again
sent
messengers to
the king of the Ammonites
And
Jephthah addeth
yet
and
sendeth
messengers unto
the king of the Bene-Ammon,
to tell
him, “This
is
what
Jephthah says:
Israel did
not take
away
the land of Moab or
of the Ammonites.
and
saith
to him, `Thus
said
Jephthah ,
Israel took
not the land of Moab ,
and
the
land
of the Bene-Ammon,
But
when
Israel
came
up out of Egypt, they
traveled
through
the wilderness to
the Red Sea and came
to Kadesh .
for
in
their
coming
up out of Egypt, Israel
goeth
in
the wilderness unto
the Red Sea ,
and cometh
in
to Kadesh ,
Then
Israel sent
messengers to
the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please
let us
pass through your
land, ’
but
the king of Edom would
not listen.
They
also sent
messengers
to
the king of Moab, but
he would
not consent.
So
Israel stayed
in Kadesh .
and
Israel sendeth
messengers unto
the king of Edom, saying, Let me
pass over,
I
pray
thee,
through thy
land, and
the king of Edom hearkened
not ;
and
also unto
the king of Moab hath
`Israel'
sent
, and
he hath
not been
willing;
and
Israel abideth
in Kadesh ,
Then
Israel
traveled
through the wilderness and bypassed
the lands
of Edom and Moab.
They
came
to
the east
side
of
the
land of Moab and camped
on
the other
side
of the Arnon.
But
they did
not enter
the territory
of Moab, since
the
Arnon was
its
border.
and
he
goeth
through the wilderness ,
and compasseth
the land
of Edom and the land of Moab ,
and cometh
in
at
the rising
of the sun
of
the
land
of
Moab,
and
they encamp
beyond
Arnon,
and
have
not come
into
the border
of Moab, for
Arnon `is'
the
border of
Moab
.
And Israel sent
messengers to
Sihon king of the Amorites
, who
ruled
in
Heshbon, and said
to him, ‘Please
let us pass through your
land into
our
own
place .’
`
And Israel sendeth
messengers unto
Sihon ,
king of the Amorite
, king
of
Heshbon, and Israel
saith
to him, Let us pass over,
we
pray
thee,
through thy
land ,
unto
my
place ,
But
Sihon would
not trust
Israel to pass through his territory.
So
he
gathered
all his people, encamped
in Jahaz, and fought
with Israel .
and
Sihon hath
not trusted
Israel to pass over
through his border,
and
Sihon
gathereth
all his people, and
they
encamp
in Jahaz, and fight
with Israel ;
Then
the
LORD
, the
God of Israel, delivered
Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who
defeated
them .
So
Israel took
possession
of
all the land of the Amorites
who
inhabited
that country
,
and
Jehovah
, God of Israel, giveth
Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and
they
smite
them ,
and
Israel possesseth
all the land of the Amorite,
the
inhabitant
of
that land
,
seizing
all the land
from
the Arnon to
the Jabbok and from the wilderness to
the Jordan.
and
they
possess
all the border
of
the Amorite
from
Arnon ,
and
unto
the Jabbok ,
and from the wilderness ,
and
unto
the Jordan.
Now since
the
LORD
, the
God of Israel, has
driven
out
the Amorites
from before
His people Israel, should
you
now
possess it ?
`And
now, Jehovah,
God of Israel, hath
dispossessed
the Amorite
from the
presence
of
His people Israel, and
thou
wouldst
possess it !
Do
you
not possess whatever
your
god
Chemosh
grants
you
? So
also
, we possess whatever
the
LORD
our
God
has
granted
us
.
That
which
Chemosh
thy
god
causeth
thee
to
possess
--
dost
thou
not possess it
? and
all
that
which
Jehovah
our
God
hath
dispossessed
from
our
presence
, --
it
we do
possess.
Are
you
now so
much
better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever
contend
with Israel or
fight against them?
`And
now ,
`art'
thou
at
all
better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at
all
strive
with Israel ?
did
he
at
all
fight against them?
For
three
hundred
years
Israel
has
lived
in Heshbon, Aroer ,
and their
villages
, as
well
as
all the cities along
the banks
of the
Arnon .
Why
did
you
not take
them back
during
that time?
In Israel's
dwelling
in
Heshbon and
in
its
towns
, and
in
Aroer and in
its
towns
, and
in
all the cities which
`are'
by
the sides
of Arnon three
hundred
years
--
and
wherefore
have
ye
not delivered
them in
that time?
I have not sinned against you
, but
you
have
done
me wrong
by
waging
war
against me. May
the
LORD
, the Judge, decide
today
between the Israelites
and the Ammonites
. ”
And
I --
I
have not sinned against thee
, and
thou
art
doing
with
me evil
--
to
fight
against me. Jehovah
, the Judge, doth
judge
to-day
between the sons
of
Israel
and the sons
of
Ammon
. '
But
the king of the Ammonites
paid
no
heed
to
the message
Jephthah sent him .
And
the king of the Bene-Ammon
hath
not
hearkened
unto
the words
of
Jephthah which
he
sent unto
him ,
Then
the Spirit of the
LORD
came
upon
Jephthah, and he passed
through
Gilead and Manasseh, then
through
Mizpah
of Gilead .
And from there
he advanced
against
the Ammonites
.
and
the Spirit of Jehovah
is
on
Jephthah, and he passeth
over
Gilead and Manasseh, and
passeth
over
Mizpeh
of Gilead ,
and from Mizpeh
of
Gilead
he hath
passed
over
to
the Bene-Ammon
.
Jephthah made
this
vow to the
LORD:
“
If indeed
You
will
deliver
the Ammonites
into my hand ,
And
Jephthah voweth
a
vow to Jehovah,
and
saith,
`
If Thou
dost
at
all
give
the Bene-Ammon
into my hand --
then whatever
comes
out the door
of my house to greet
me on
my triumphant
return
from the Ammonites
will
belong
to the
LORD
, and
I will
offer
it
up as
a burnt offering. ”
then it
hath
been,
that
which
at
all
cometh
out from
the doors
of my house to meet
me in
my turning
back
in
peace
from the Bene-Ammon
--
it
hath
been
to Jehovah
, or
I have
offered
up for
it
--
a burnt -
offering. '
So
Jephthah crossed
over to
the Ammonites
to fight against them, and the
LORD
delivered
them into his hand .
And
Jephthah passeth
over unto
the Bene-Ammon
to fight against them, and Jehovah
giveth
them into his hand ,
With
a
great
blow
he devastated
twenty
cities
from Aroer to the
vicinity
of
Minnith, as
far
as
Abel
- keramim.
So
the Ammonites
were
subdued
before
the Israelites
.
and
he smiteth
them
from Aroer ,
and
unto
thy
going
in
to Minnith, twenty
cities,
and
unto
the
meadow
of
the
vineyards
- -
a
very
great
smiting;
and
the Bene-Ammon
are
humbled
at
the presence
of
the
sons
of
Israel
.
And when
Jephthah returned
home
to
Mizpah
, there
was
his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines
and dancing!
She
was
his
only
child;
he had
no
son or daughter besides
her
.
And Jephthah cometh
into
Mizpeh
, unto
his house,
and
lo,
his
daughter is
coming out to meet him with timbrels,
and with
choruses,
and
save
her
alone,
he hath
none,
son or daughter.
As
soon
as
Jephthah
saw
her, he tore
his clothes
and said
, “No!
Not
my daughter !
You
have
brought
me to my
knees!
You
have
brought
great
misery
upon
me
, for
I have given
my word
to
the
LORD
and cannot
take
it
back. ”
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
when
he
seeth
her, that
he rendeth
his garments,
and saith
, `Alas,
my daughter ,
thou
hast
caused
me greatly
to bend
, and
thou
hast
been
among
those
troubling
me;
and
I --
I
have opened
my mouth
unto
Jehovah,
and I
am
not
able
to
turn
back. '
“
My father ,”
she
replied
, “you
have
given
your
word
to
the
LORD.
Do to me as you
have
said
, for the
LORD
has
avenged
you
of
your
enemies, the Ammonites
. ”
And
she
saith
unto
him,
`
My father --
thou
hast
opened
thy
mouth
unto
Jehovah
, do to me as it
hath
gone
out
from
thy
mouth
, after
that
Jehovah
hath
done
for thee
vengeance
on
thine
enemies, on
the Bene-Ammon
. '
She also
said
to
her father, “
Let me
do
this one
thing :
Let
me wander
for
two months through
the mountains
with
my
friends
and mourn
my virginity. ”
And
she saith
unto
her father, `
Let this thing be
done
to
me ;
desist
from
me
two months ,
and
I
go
on,
and
have
gone
down
on
the hills,
and I
weep
for
my virginity --
I
and
my
friends
. '
“Go,”
he said.
And he sent
her away for
two months .
So
she left
with
her friends and mourned
her virginity upon
the mountains.
And
he saith,
`Go;'
and he sendeth
her away two months ,
and
she goeth,
she
and
her friends ,
and she
weepeth
for
her virginity on
the hills;
After
two months ,
she returned
to
her father, and he did
to her as
he had
vowed .
And she had
never
had
relations
with
a man .
So
it has
become
a custom
in Israel
and
it
cometh
to
pass
at
the
end
of
two months that
she turneth
back
unto
her father, and he doth
to her his
vow
which
he hath
vowed ,
and she knew
not
a man ;
and
it is
a statute
in Israel :
that
each
year
the young
women
of Israel go out
for
four
days
to lament
the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
from
time
to
time
the daughters
of Israel go to talk
to
the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite ,
four
days
in
a
year
.
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