Judges Chapter 11 verse 8 Holy Bible
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is the reason we have come back to you; so go with us and make war against the children of Ammon, and we will make you our head over all the people of Gilead.
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And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That is why we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight with the Ammonites, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
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And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and you shall be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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and the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Therefore, now, we have turned back unto thee; and thou hast gone with us, and fought against the Bene-Ammon, and thou hast been to us for head -- to all the inhabitants of Gilead.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewTheyזִקְנֵ֨י (ziq·nê)Adjective - masculine plural constructStrong's 2205: Oldansweredוַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ (way·yō·mə·rū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 559: To utter, sayJephthah,יִפְתָּ֗ח (yip̄·tāḥ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3316: Jephthah -- 'He opens', a Gileadite, also a city of Judah“This is whyלָכֵן֙ (lā·ḵên)AdverbStrong's 3651: So -- thuswe nowעַתָּה֙ (‘at·tāh)AdverbStrong's 6258: At this timeturnשַׁ֣בְנוּ (šaḇ·nū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common pluralStrong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, againto you,אֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, tothat you may goוְהָלַכְתָּ֣ (wə·hā·laḵ·tā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkwith us,עִמָּ֔נוּ (‘im·mā·nū)Preposition | first person common pluralStrong's 5973: With, equally withfightוְנִלְחַמְתָּ֖ (wə·nil·ḥam·tā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battlethe Ammonites,בִּבְנֵ֣י (biḇ·nê)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 1121: A sonand becomeוְהָיִ֤יתָ (wə·hā·yî·ṯā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, beleaderלְרֹ֔אשׁ (lə·rōš)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7218: The headover allלְכֹ֖ל (lə·ḵōl)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everyof usלָּ֙נוּ֙ (lā·nū)Preposition | first person common pluralStrong's Hebrew who liveיֹשְׁבֵ֥י (yō·šə·ḇê)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructStrong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marryin Gilead.”גִלְעָֽד׃ (ḡil·‘āḏ)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 1568: Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several IsraelitesJump to PreviousAmmon Ammonites Children Elders Head Inhabitants Jephthah Mayest Nevertheless Reason Turn Turned Turning
