Judges 11:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, so that we may fight with the Ammonites.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ and they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the Ammonites.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

Common English Bible

⁶ They said to him, “Come be our commander so we can fight against the Ammonites.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And they said to him, "Come and be our leader, and fight against the sons of Ammon."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And they said to him: Come thou and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.

Judges 11:6 Cross References

Isaiah 3:6

Someone will seize a relative, a member of the clan, saying, “You have a cloak; you shall be our leader, and this heap of ruins shall be under your rule.”

Judges 10:17

Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead, and the Israelites came together, and they encamped at Mizpah.

Judges 11:5

And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.

Judges 11:7

But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Are you not the very ones who rejected me and drove me out of my father’s house? So why do you come to me now when you are in trouble?”