Judges 12:2

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.

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WEBBE

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.

BSB

But Jephthah replied, “My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in danger, and the children of Ammon were very cruel to us, and when I sent for you, you gave me no help against them.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 יִפְתָּח yif·tach Jephthah H3316 אֲלֵיהֶם 'a·lei·hem to them H413 אִישׁ 'ish a man of H376 רִיב riv strife H7379 הָיִיתִי ha·yi·ti I was H1961 אֲנִי 'a·ni I H589 וְעַמִּי ve·'a·mi and people my H5971 וּבְנֵי־ u·ve·nei- and [the] people of H1121 עַמּוֹן a·mon Ammon H5983 מְאֹד me·'od exceedingly H3966 וָאֶזְעַק va·'ez·'ak and I summoned H2199 אֶתְכֶם 'et·khem (marks the object) you H853 וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 הוֹשַׁעְתֶּם ho·sha'·tem you delivered H3467 אוֹתִי 'o·ti (marks the object) me H853 מִיָּדָם mi·ya·dam from hand their H3027

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

The Ephraimites had the same quarrel with Jephthah as with Gideon. Pride was at the bottom of the quarrel; only by that comes contention. It is ill to fasten names of reproach upon persons or countries, as is common, especially upon those under outward disadvantages. It often occasions quarrels that prove of ill consequence, as it did here. No contentions are so bitter as those between brethren or rivals for honour. What need we have to watch and pray against evil tempers! May the Lord incline all his people to follow after things which make for peace!

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