Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
Jephthah the Gileadite hath
been
a mighty man of valour
, and he `is'
son of a
woman,
a
harlot ;
and Gilead begetteth
Jephthah ,
Now
Jephthah the Gileadite was
a mighty man of valor
, and he was
the
son of an
harlot :
and Gilead begat
Jephthah .
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
. '
And Gilead's
wife bare
him sons ;
and his
wife's sons grew
up ,
and they
thrust
out Jephthah, and said
unto
him, Thou shalt
not inherit in our father's
house
; for thou
art
the
son of a
strange
woman.
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.
Then
Jephthah fled
from his brethren, and dwelt
in the land of Tob :
and there
were
gathered
vain men to
Jephthah, and went
out with him.
And it cometh
to pass ,
after
a
time, that the Bene-
Ammon fight
with
Israel ,
And it came
to pass in
process
of
time, that the children
of
Ammon made
war
against
Israel .
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 ;
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 :
and they say
unto Jephthah, `
Come, and thou
hast
been
to
us
for
captain, and
we fight against
the Bene-
Ammon. '
And they said
unto Jephthah, Come, and be
our
captain, that
we may
fight with
the children
of
Ammon.
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? '
And Jephthah said
unto
the elders of Gilead, Did
not ye hate
me ,
and expel
me out of my father's
house?
and why
are
ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
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. '
And the elders of Gilead said
unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn
again
to
thee now,
that
thou mayest
go
with us, and fight
against the children
of
Ammon, and be
our
head over
all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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 Jephthah said
unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring
me home
again
to fight against the children
of
Ammon, and the
LORD
deliver
them before me, shall
I be
your
head?
And the elders of Gilead say
unto Jephthah, `Jehovah
is
hearkening
between us --
if according
to
thy
word
we do not so. '
And the elders of Gilead said
unto Jephthah, The
LORD
be
witness
between us ,
if we do not so according
to
thy
words
.
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 went
with the elders of Gilead, and the people made
him head and captain over
them:
and Jephthah uttered
all his words before the
LORD
in Mizpeh.
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 .'
And Jephthah sent
messengers unto the king of the children
of
Ammon, saying, What hast
thou
to do
with
me, that thou art
come against
me to fight in my land ?
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
. '
And the king of the children
of
Ammon answered
unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away
my land ,
when
they
came
up out of Egypt, from Arnon even
unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan :
now therefore
restore those
lands
again
peaceably
.
And Jephthah addeth
yet
and
sendeth
messengers unto the king of the Bene-
Ammon ,
And Jephthah sent
messengers again
unto the king of the children
of
Ammon :
and saith
to
him, `
Thus said
Jephthah, Israel took not the land of Moab, and
the land of the Bene-
Ammon ,
And said
unto
him, Thus saith
Jephthah, Israel took not away
the land of Moab, nor
the land of the children
of
Ammon :
for
in
their
coming
up out
of
Egypt, Israel
goeth
in
the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and cometh
in
to Kadesh ,
But
when
Israel
came
up from
Egypt, and
walked
through
the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came
to 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 sent
messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass
through thy land :
but
the king of Edom would
not hearken
thereto.
And in
like
manner
they
sent
unto the king of Moab :
but
he would
not consent:
and Israel abode
in Kadesh .
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.
Then
they
went
along
through the wilderness, and compassed
the land of Edom ,
and the land of Moab, and came
by
the east
side
of the land of Moab, and pitched
on
the
other
side
of
Arnon, but
came
not within
the border of Moab :
for Arnon was
the border of Moab.
`
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 ,
And Israel sent
messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites
, the
king of Heshbon ;
and Israel said
unto
him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into
my place .
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 ;
But
Sihon trusted not
Israel to pass through his coast:
but
Sihon gathered
all his people together
, and pitched
in Jahaz, and fought
against
Israel .
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,
And the
LORD
God of Israel delivered
Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote
them :
so
Israel possessed
all the land of the Amorites
, the inhabitants
of that country.
and they possess
all the border
of the Amorite
from Arnon ,
and
unto the
Jabbok, and from the wilderness ,
and
unto the
Jordan.
And they possessed
all the coasts
of the Amorites,
from Arnon even
unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even
unto Jordan.
`And
now ,
Jehovah,
God of Israel ,
hath dispossessed the Amorite
from the
presence
of
His people Israel, and thou wouldst
possess it !
So
now the
LORD
God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites
from before
his people Israel, and shouldest
thou possess it ?
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.
Wilt
not
thou
possess
that which Chemosh thy god giveth
thee to possess? So
whomsoever
the
LORD
our God shall
drive
out
from before
us
, them
will
we possess.
`
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 ?
And now art thou any
thing
better than Balak the
son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever
strive against
Israel ,
or
did he ever
fight against them ,
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?
While
Israel
dwelt
in Heshbon and her
towns, and in Aroer and her
towns, and in all the cities that
be
along
by the coasts
of Arnon ,
three hundred years ?
why
therefore
did
ye not recover
them within
that time?
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. '
Wherefore
I have not sinned against thee, but
thou doest
me wrong
to war
against me :
the LORD
the
Judge be
judge this
day between the children
of Israel and the children
of Ammon.
And
the king of the Bene-
Ammon hath
not
hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto
him ,
Howbeit
the king of the children
of
Ammon hearkened not
unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him .
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.
Then
the Spirit of the
LORD
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.
And Jephthah voweth
a vow to
Jehovah
, and saith
, `
If Thou dost
at
all
give
the Bene-
Ammon into my
hand
--
And Jephthah vowed
a vow unto
the
LORD
, and said
, If thou shalt
without
fail
deliver
the children
of
Ammon into mine
hands,
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. '
Then it shall
be
, that whatsoever
cometh forth
of
the doors of my house to meet me ,
when
I
return
in peace from the children
of
Ammon, shall
surely
be
the
LORD's,
and
I will
offer
it
up for a burnt offering.
And
Jephthah passeth
over unto the Bene-
Ammon to fight against them ,
and Jehovah
giveth
them into his hand,
So
Jephthah passed
over unto the children
of
Ammon to fight against them ;
and the
LORD
delivered
them into his hands.
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 he smote
them from Aroer, even
till
thou
come
to Minnith, even
twenty cities, and unto the plain
of the vineyards ,
with
a very great slaughter.
Thus
the children
of Ammon
were
subdued
before
the children
of Israel.
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.
And Jephthah came
to
Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold,
his daughter came
out to meet him with timbrels and with dances:
and she
was
his
only
child;
beside
her he had
neither
son nor
daughter.
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. '
And it came
to pass, when he saw
her, that he rent
his clothes
, and said
, Alas, my daughter !
thou hast brought
me very
low
, and thou art
one
of
them
that
trouble
me :
for
I have opened my mouth unto the
LORD
, and I cannot
go
back.
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. '
And she said
unto him, My father ,
if
thou hast opened thy mouth unto the
LORD
, do to me according
to
that
which
hath proceeded
out of
thy mouth ;
forasmuch
as
the
LORD
hath taken
vengeance
for thee of
thine enemies, even
of
the children
of
Ammon.
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
. '
And she said
unto her father, Let this thing be done for
me :
let
me alone
two months, that
I may
go up
and down upon
the mountains
, and bewail
my virginity ,
I and my fellows
.
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;
And he said
, Go .
And he sent
her away for
two months :
and she went
with
her companions
, and bewailed
her virginity upon
the mountains.
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 :
And it came
to pass at the end of two months ,
that she returned
unto her father, who
did
with
her according
to
his vow which he had
vowed :
and she knew no
man .
And it was
a custom
in Israel ,
from
time
to
time
the daughters of Israel go
to
talk
to the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite ,
four days in a year.
That
the daughters of Israel went
yearly
to lament
the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
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