Judges 10:18
What does Judges 10:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 10:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the people--heads of Gilead--say one unto another, `Who <FI>is<Fi> the man that doth begin to fight against the Bene-Ammon? he is for head to all inhabitants of Gilead.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the princes of Galaad said one to another: Whosoever of us shall first begin to fight against the children of Ammon, he shall be the leader of the people of Galaad.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the people, the chief men of Gilead, said one to another, Who is the man that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
Context
v.17Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 11:11
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spake all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.
- Isaiah 3:1
For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;
- Judges 11:5
And 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;
- Judges 1:1
And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked of Jehovah, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?
- Judges 12:7
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried inone ofthe cities of Gilead.
- Isaiah 34:12
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.