They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
Judges 10:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition And the people and princes of Gil´e-ad 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 Gil´e-ad. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the princes of Galaad said one to another: Whosoever of us shall first begin to fight against the children of Ammon, he shall be the leader of the people of Galaad. |
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gil´e-ad. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
Now Jephthah the Gil´e-adite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gil´e-ad begat Jephthah.
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gil´e-ad, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gil´e-adite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gil´e-ad.
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.