Judges 12:3

When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me today, to fight against me?”

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WEBBE

When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me today, to fight against me?”

BSB

When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”

KJV

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?

ASV

And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

BBE

So when I saw that there was no help to be had from you, I put my life in my hand and went over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord gave them into my hands: why then have you come up to me this day to make war on me?

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וָאֶרְאֶה va·'er·'eh and I saw H7200 כִּי־ ki- that H3588 אֵינְךָ 'ei·ne·kha not you H369 מוֹשִׁיע mo·shi·a' [were] a deliverer H3467 וָאָשִׂימָה va·'a·si·mah and I put H7760 נַפְשִׁי naf·shi life my H5315 בְכַפִּי ve·kha·pi in palm my H3709 וָאֶעְבְּרָה va·'e'·be·rah and I passed over H5674 אֶל־ 'el- against H413 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] people of H1121 עַמּוֹן a·mon Ammon H5983 וַיִּתְּנֵם vai·yi·te·nem and he gave them H5414 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 בְּיָדִי be·ya·di in hand my H3027 וְלָמָה ve·la·mah and (to) why H4100 עֲלִיתֶם 'a·li·tem have you come up H5927 אֵלַי 'e·lai against me H413 הַיּוֹם hai·yom the day H3117 הַזֶּה ha·zeh (the) this H2088 לְהִלָּחֶם le·hi·la·chem to fight H3898 בִּי bi against (the) me H9030

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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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.