Judges 11:10
What does Judges 11:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 11:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, May the Lord be our witness: we will certainly do as you say.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Jehovah is hearkening between us--if according to thy word we do not so.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They answered him: The Lord, who heareth these things, he himself is mediator and witness that we will do as we have promised.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words!
Context
v.9And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Jehovah deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
v.10This passage
v.11Then 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Corinthians 11:31
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not.
- Deuteronomy 1:16
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.
- Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 31:50
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
- Genesis 16:5
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee.
- Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.