World English Bible
"and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.""
— Judges 11:6, World English Bible
“And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.”
“and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. ”
“They said,“Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites.””
“And they said to him: Come thou, and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.”
“And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief so that we may make war against the children of Ammon.”
“And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.”
Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
It happened after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon."
Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Didn't you hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?"
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and you shall be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them before me, shall I be your head?"