Judges 11:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ The elders said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader so that we can fight the Ammonite people.”

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 3:6

At that time, a person will grab one of his brothers from his own family. That person will tell the brother, “You have a coat, {\cf2\super [30]} so you will be our leader. You will be the leader over all these ruins.”

Judges 11:5

The Ammonite people were fighting against Israel, so the elders (leaders) in Gilead went to Jephthah. They wanted Jephthah to leave the land of Tob and come back to Gilead.

Judges 11:7

But Jephthah said to the elders (leaders) of the land of Gilead, “You forced me to leave my father’s house. You hate me! So why are you coming to me now that you are having trouble?”