Judges 11:28
What does Judges 11:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 11:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The king of the children of Ammon, however, did not give ear to the words which Jephthah sent to him.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the king of the Bene-Ammon hath not hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto him,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the king of the children of Ammon would not hearken to the words of Jephte, which he sent him by the messengers.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah that he had sent him.
Context
v.27I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
v.28This passage
v.29Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 14:11
But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
- Proverbs 16:18
Pridegoethbefore destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.