Judges 11:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

More versions

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."

Judges 11:6 Cross References

Isaiah 3:6

When a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying: “You have a mantle; 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 people of Israel 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, “Did you not hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?”