Judges 11:28 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.”

Judges 11:28 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Judges 11:28 in 6 Bible Translations

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Judges 11:28 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“However, the king of the children of Ammon didn’t listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.”

Judges 11:28 — World English Bible

Judges 11:28 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.”

Judges 11:28 — American Standard Version

Judges 11:28 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the king of the Bene-Ammon hath not hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto him,”

Judges 11:28 — Young's Literal Translation

Judges 11:28 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah that he had sent him.”

Judges 11:28 — Darby Translation

Judges 11:28 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Howbeit the King of the children of Ammon hearkened not vnto the wordes of Iphtah, which he had sent him.”

Judges 11:28 — Geneva Bible

Judges 11:28 in Context — Judges 11

26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?

27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

29 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

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What Does Judges 11:28 Mean?

Judges 11:28 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 11. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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