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

8And 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. 9And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head? And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do. 11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spake all his words before the LORD in Mizpah. 12And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?

Judges 11:10 word by word

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

• eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Jephthahיִפְתָּחyiphtâch · JephthahH3316
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• witnessשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: judgeH8085
• betweenבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
• usאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• surelyאִם'im · ifH518
• wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• soכֵּןkên · soH3651
• doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

People and places in Judges 11:10

• Jephthah
• Gilead

Cross-references for Judges 11:10

• Genesis 21:23now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
• Genesis 31:50If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
• 1 Samuel 12:5And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness.
• Jeremiah 29:23because they have wrought folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I commanded them not; and I am he that knoweth, and am witness, saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 42:5Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not even according to all the word wherewith the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
• Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers
• 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
• Genesis 16:5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
• Genesis 31:53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.
• Deuteronomy 1:16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
• 1 Samuel 24:12The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
• Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
• Zechariah 5:4I will cause it to go forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
• Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers; and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

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