Jephthah’s Tragic Vow
Judges 11:32
In 11 translations
- BSB
- So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
- KJV
- ¶ So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
- WEB
- So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Yahweh delivered them into his hand.
- ASV
- So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand.
- LSV
- And Jephthah passes over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them, and YHWH gives them into his hand,
- YLT
- And Jephthah passeth over unto the Bene-Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah giveth them into his hand,
- DBY
- And Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah gave them into his hand.
- DRC
- And Jephte passed over to the children of Ammon, to fight against them: and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
- GNV
- And so Iphtah went vnto the children of Ammon to fight against them, and the Lord deliuered them into his handes.
- JPS
- So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
- LXXE
- And Jephthae advanced to meet the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hand.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Aleppo Codex and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and Ben Chaim’s Second Rabbinic Bible reads וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם; Leningrad Codex reads וַיִתְּנֵ֥ם (“and he gave them”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר יִפְתָּ֛ח אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י עַמּ֖וֹן לְהִלָּ֣חֶם בָּ֑ם וַיִתְּנֵ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה בְּיָדֽוֹ׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.Marks an anomalous form.We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ παρῆλθεν Ἰεφθάε πρὸς υἱοὺς Ἀμμὼν παρατάξασθαι πρὸς αὐτούς· καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Judges 1:4When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
- Judges 3:10The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
- Judges 2:18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under…
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