Judges 12:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.”
Judges 12:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 12:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 12:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn’t save me out of their hand.”
Judges 12:2 — World English Bible
Judges 12:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand. ”
Judges 12:2 — American Standard Version
Judges 12:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Jephthah saith unto them, `A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,”
Judges 12:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 12:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jephthah said to them, I was at great strife, I and my people, with the children of Ammon; and I called you, but ye saved me not out of their hand. ”
Judges 12:2 — Darby Translation
Judges 12:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Iphtah said vnto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon, and when I called you, ye deliuered me not out of their handes.”
Judges 12:2 — Geneva Bible
Judges 12:2 in Context — Judges 12
1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
What Does Judges 12:2 Mean?
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