Judges 11:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Now Jephthah the Gileadite, the son of a prostitute, was a mighty warrior. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW JEPHTHAH the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. Gilead was Jephthah's father.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

Common English Bible

¹ Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. Gilead was his father, but he was a prostitute’s son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ At that time, there was a Gileadite, Jephthah, a very strong man and a fighter, the son of a kept woman, and he was born of Gilead.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ There was at that time Jephte the Galaadite, a most valiant man and a warrior, the son of a woman that was a harlot: and his father was Galaad.

Judges 11:1 Cross References

2 Kings 5:1

Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor with his master because by him the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man, though a mighty warrior, suffered from a skin disease.

Hebrews 11:32

And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,

Judges 10:18

The commanders of the people of Gilead said to one another, “Who will begin the fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

Judges 11:2

Gilead’s wife also bore him sons, and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah away, saying to him, “You shall not inherit anything in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”

Judges 6:12

The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty warrior.”

1 Samuel 12:11

And the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak, and Jephthah, and Samson and rescued you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety.