Judges 10:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁸ The rulers  of Gilead said to one another, ‘Which man will begin the fight against the Ammonites? He will be the leader of all the inhabitants of Gilead.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And the leaders of Gilead [the Israelites] said one to another, Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Gilead’s rulers said to each other, “Whoever is willing to launch the attack against the Ammonites will become the leader over all those living in Gilead.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And the leaders of Gilead said to one another, "Whoever among us will be the first to begin to contend against the sons of Ammon, he shall be the leader of the people of Gilead."

Judges 10:18 Cross References

Isaiah 34:12

No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.

Judges 1:1

After the death of Joshua,  the Israelites enquired of the Lord,  ‘Who will be the first to fight for us against the Canaanites? ’

Judges 10:17

The Ammonites were called together, and they camped in Gilead. So the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

Judges 11:1

Jephthah  the Gileadite was a valiant warrior,  but he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.

Judges 11:11

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander, and Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the Lord at Mizpah.

Judges 11:4

Some time later, the Ammonites fought against Israel.

Judges 12:7

Jephthah judged Israel for six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

1 Samuel 17:25

Previously, an Israelite man had declared, ‘Do you see this man who keeps coming out? He comes to defy Israel. The king will make the man who kills him very rich and will give him his daughter.  The king will also make the family of that man’s father exempt from paying taxes in Israel.’