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Jephthah Delivers Israel

Judges 11:28

In 11 translations

BSB
But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
KJV
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
WEB
However, the king of the children of Ammon didn’t listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
ASV
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
LSV
And the king of the sons of Ammon has not listened to the words of Jephthah which he sent to him,
YLT
And the king of the Bene-Ammon hath not hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto him,
DBY
But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah that he had sent him.
DRC
And the king of the children of Ammon would not hearken to the words of Jephte, which he sent him by the messengers.
GNV
Howbeit the King of the children of Ammon hearkened not vnto the wordes of Iphtah, which he had sent him.
JPS
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
LXXE
But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthae, which he sent to him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְלֹ֣א שָׁמַ֔ע מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֣י יִפְתָּ֔ח אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁלַ֖ח אֵלָֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσε βασιλεὺς υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν τῶν λόγων Ἰεφθάε, ὧν ἀπέστειλε πρὸς αὐτόν.

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👤 Jephthah◆ Deliverance by Jephthah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
  • 2 Kings 14:11But Amaziah would not listen, and Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.

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