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Judges 12:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
Judges 12:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 So when I saw that ye delivered me not, [a]I put my life in mine hands, and went upon the children of Ammon: so the Lord delivered them into mine hands. Wherefore then are ye come upon me now to fight against me?
4 Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are runagates of Ephraim [b]among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
5 Also the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites, and when the Ephraimites that were escaped, said, Let me pass, then the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay,
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- Judges 12:3 That is, I ventured my life, and when man’s help failed, I put my trust only in God.
- Judges 12:4 Ye ran from us, and chose Gilead, and now in respect of us, ye are nothing.
Judges 12:3-5
New International Version
Judges 12:3-5
New International Version
3 When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took my life in my hands(A) and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave me the victory(B) over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?”
4 Jephthah then called together the men of Gilead(C) and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are renegades from Ephraim and Manasseh.(D)” 5 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan(E) leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he replied, “No,”
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