Judges 11:3

Judges 11:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
• New International Version (NIV)So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where a gang of scoundrels gathered around him and followed him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob, and worthless fellows collected around Jephthah and went out with him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him.

Context of Judges 11:3

1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father. 2And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.” So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him. 4Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel 5and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

Judges 11:3 word by word

וַיִּבְרַ֤ח יִפְתָּח֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י אֶחָ֔יו וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ ט֑וֹב וַיִּֽתְלַקְּט֤וּ אֶל־יִפְתָּח֙ אֲנָשִׁ֣ים רֵיקִ֔ים וַיֵּצְא֖וּ עִמּֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear

• So Jephthahיִפְתָּחyiphtâch · JephthahH3316
• fledבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
• fromפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• his brothersאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• and settledיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Tobטוֹבţôb · TobH2897
• where worthless menרֵיקrêyq rêq · worthlessH7386
• gathered aroundלָקַטlâqaţ · to gatherH3950
• gathered aroundאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• ·אֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• and traveledיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• with himעִם‛im · withH5973

Cross-references for Judges 11:3

• Judges 5:13Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.
• 2 Samuel 10:6When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
• Judges 9:4So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
• 1 Samuel 22:2And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.
• 1 Samuel 27:2So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
• 1 Samuel 30:22but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
• Job 30:1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
• Acts 17:5The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

Commentaries on Judges 11:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3There were gathered vain men to Jephthah - ריקים אנשים anashim reykim, empty men - persons destitute of good sense, and profligate in their manners. The word may, however, mean in this place poor persons, without property, and without employment. The versions in general consider them as plunderers.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The land of Tob - To the north of Gilead, toward Damascus. The readiness with which Jephthah took to the freebooter‘s life gives us a lively picture of the unsettled times in which he lived.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Jephthah’s worthless men remind us of Abimelech’s worthless and reckless men (see Judges 9:4), but Jephthah did not need to buy their loyalty.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Jephthah ... dwelt in the land of Tob--on the north of Gilead, beyond the frontier of the Hebrew territories (2Sa 10:6, 8). there were gathered vain men to Jephthah--idle, daring, or desperate. and went out with him--followed him as a military chief. They led a freebooting life, sustaining themselves by frequent incursions on the Ammonites and other neighboring people, in the style of Robin Hood. The same kind of life is led by many an Arab or Tartar…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 11:3

• Jephthah
• Prayer
• Tob

In the dictionaries

• Jephthah
• Bastard
• Fight
• Inherit
• Meet
• Tob, The land of
• Abdon (1)
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Fellow
• Israel, History of

Commentaries on Judges 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary