Judges 11:30
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
Judges 11:30 in other translations
| BSB | Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand, |
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| WEB | Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, “If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand, |
| ASV | And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand, |
| YLT | And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, ‘If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my hand-- |
| DARBY | And Jephthah vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt without fail give the children of Ammon into my hand, |
| BBE | And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands, |
| Webster | And Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into my hands, |
What does Judges 11:30 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 11:29-30
Jud 11:29-31. His Vow. 29-30. Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah--The calm wisdom, sagacious forethought, and indomitable energy which he was enabled to display, were a pledge to himself and a convincing evidence to his countrymen, that he was qualified by higher resources than his own for the momentous duties of his office. he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh--the provinces most exposed and in danger…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 11:29-40
Several important lessons are to be learned from Jephthah's vow. 1. There may be remainders of distrust and doubting, even in the hearts of true and great believers. 2. Our vows to God should not be as a purchase of the favour we desire, but to express gratitude to him. 3. We need to be very well-advised in making vows, lest we entangle ourselves. 4. What we have solemnly vowed to God, we must perform, if it be…
Judges 11:30 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 11:30
- Genesis 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
- 1 Samuel 1:11
And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
- Ecclesiastes 5:1-2
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
- Numbers 30:2-16
If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth; And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. …
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Context
- Judges 11:29
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.
- Judges 11:30
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
- Judges 11:31
Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Judges 11:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Jephté hizo voto á Jehová, diciendo: Si entregares á los Ammonitas en mis manos, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Jephthé voua un vœu à l’ Éternel, et dit: Si tu livres en ma main les fils d’Ammon, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Jephtha gelobte Jehova ein Gelübde und sprach: Wenn du die Kinder Ammon wirklich in meine Hand gibst, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | votum vovit Domino, dicens: Si tradideris filios Ammon in manus meas, |