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Judges 11:8

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The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight with the children of Ammon. You will be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

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Judges 11:8 in other translations

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

Judges 11:8 · American Standard Version

Judges 11:8 in context

  1. 6They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.”
  2. 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?”
  3. 8The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight with the children of Ammon. You will be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
  4. 9Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivers them before me, will I be your head?”
  5. 10The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Yahweh will be witness between us. Surely we will do what you say.”