Judges 11:10

Judges 11:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
• New International Version (NIV)The elders of Gilead replied, “The Lord is our witness; we will certainly do as you say.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The Lord will be witness between us, if we do not do as you say."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will be a witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.”

Context of Judges 11:10

8The leaders of Gilead replied, ‘But we really need you to help us. Please join us to fight against the Ammonites. Then we will make you the leader of everyone who lives in Gilead.’ 9Jephthah said to them, ‘So, you are saying that I should come back home to fight with you against the Ammonites. You are saying that if the Lord gives them to me, I will be your leader. Is that really true?’ The leaders of Gilead said, ‘We promise to do that. The Lord will judge between us if we do not do what you have said.’ 11So Jephthah went back with them to Gilead. The people made him their ruler and leader of their army. In Mizpah, Jephthah repeated his promise to the Lord. 12Jephthah sent men with a message to the Ammonite king. He asked, ‘Why have you come to fight against our people? What have we done to make you angry?’

Judges 11:10 word by word

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ זִקְנֵֽי־גִלְעָ֖ד אֶל־יִפְתָּ֑ח יְהוָ֗ה יִהְיֶ֤ה שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ בֵּֽינוֹתֵ֔ינוּ אִם־לֹ֥א כִדְבָרְךָ֖ כֵּ֥ן נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• of Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto Jephthahיִפְתָּחyiphtâch · JephthahH3316
• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• be witnessשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: judgeH8085
• between us, if we doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• not so according to thy wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697

Cross-references for Judges 11:10

• Genesis 21:23So please make a promise to me in front of God. Promise that you will never deceive me, or my children, or my descendants. You are living here in this land as a stranger. I have been kind to you, so please show that you will also be kind to us.’
• Genesis 31:50Remember that God is watching you. If you do wrong to my daughters, God will see it. And if you marry any other women, remember this. God is watching you. Even if no one else sees you, God will know.’
• 1 Samuel 12:5Samuel said to them, ‘The Lord and his chosen king have heard what you have said today. They know that I have not done a wrong thing against any of you.’ The people replied, ‘Yes, the Lord knows what we have said.’
• Jeremiah 29:23That will happen to them because of the terrible sins that they have done in Israel. They have sex with the wives of their neighbours. They have used my name to tell lies. They have spoken messages that I did not command them to speak. I know what they have done because I have seen it all.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Jeremiah 42:5They said to Jeremiah, ‘We promise to do everything that the Lord sends you to say to us. We ask the Lord to listen to our promise. May he punish us if we do not do what we have promised to do.
• Romans 1:9God is the one that I serve with all my spirit. I tell people the message about his Son, which is good news. God himself knows that I pray for you all the time.
• 2 Corinthians 11:31I am not telling lies. God, the Father of the Lord Jesus, knows that. He is the one that we should praise for ever.
• Genesis 16:5Then Sarai said to Abram, ‘It is because of you that Hagar is now insulting me. I gave her to you so that you could have sex with her. Now she is pregnant and she does not respect me. The Lord will decide who is right, you or me.’
• Genesis 31:53Let the God of Abraham, Nahor, and their ancestors decide if one of us is guilty.’ So Jacob made a promise in the name of the God that his father Isaac worshipped.
• Deuteronomy 1:16At that time, I said to your leaders, ‘Listen to the arguments between the Israelites that you lead. Decide what is right. Do that when the argument is between two Israelites. Do the same thing when the argument is between an Israelite and a foreign person who lives among you.
• 1 Samuel 24:12The Lord is the judge who will decide which of us is guilty. I pray that he will punish you for what you are doing to me. But I myself will never do anything to hurt you.
• Exodus 20:7You must not speak the name of the Lord your God in a wrong way. The Lord will punish anyone who speaks his name in a wrong way.
• Zechariah 5:4The Lord Almighty says, “I will cause bad things to happen in the house of the man that robs anyone. I will cause bad things to happen in the house of the man that speaks false words. It is as if the words on the paper will destroy the houses of those bad people.” ’
• Malachi 3:5At that time, I will come among you as your judge. I will speak clearly against those who have done wrong things. I will punish the magicians, the adulterers and those who tell lies against other people. I will punish those people who are cruel to their workers, or they deceive widows or children who have no family. And I will punish those who do not help foreigners who live among them. People who do those things show that they do not respect me.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says.

Commentaries on Judges 11:10

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Jephthah confirmed that the elders were offering him the role of ruler, not just as a commander.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1110-11. the elders of Israel said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us--Their offer being accompanied by the most solemn oath, Jephthah intimated his acceptance of the mission, and his willingness to accompany them. But to make "assurance doubly sure," he took care that the pledge given by the deputies in Tob should be ratified in a general assembly of the people at Mizpeh; and the language of the historian, "Jephthah uttered all his words before…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 11:10

• Government
• Jephthah
• Oath
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Gilead
• Jephthah
• Fight
• Inherit
• Meet
• Abdon (1)
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Courts, Judicial
• Israel, History of
• Israel, Religion 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