Judges 12 · Verse 7

Judges 12:7

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

Judges 12:7, King James Version

Judges 12:7 in other translations

BSB	Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
WEB	Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of Gilead.
ASV	And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
YLT	And Jephthah judged Israel six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite dieth, and is buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
DARBY	And Jephthah judged Israel six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
BBE	Now Jephthah was judge of Israel for six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in his town, Mizpeh of Gilead.
Webster	And Jephthah judged Israel six years: then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

What does Judges 12:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. Jephthah died--After a government of six years, this mighty man of valor died; and however difficult it may be for us to understand some passages in his history, he has been ranked by apostolic authority among the worthies of the ancient church. He was followed by a succession of minor judges, of whom the only memorials preserved relate to the number of their families and their state [Jud 12:8-15].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 12:1-7

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…

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Judges 12:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥טvai.yish.Potand he judgedH8199

יִפְתָּ֛חyif.TachJephthahH3316

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

שֵׁ֣שׁsheshsixH8337

שָׁנִ֑יםsha.NimyearsH8141

וַיָּ֗מָתvai.Ya.motand he diedH4191

יִפְתָּח֙yif.TachJephthahH3316

הַגִּלְעָדִ֔יha.gil.'a.Dithe GileaditeH1569

וַיִּקָּבֵ֖רvai.yi.ka.Verand he was buriedH6912

בְּעָרֵ֥יbe.'a.Reiin [the] cities ofH5892

גִלְעָֽד\׃\ \פgil.'AdGileadH1568

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

Judges 12:6
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
Judges 12:7
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Judges 12:8
And after him Ibzan of Beth–lehem judged Israel.

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Judges 12:7 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y Jephté juzgó á Israel seis años: luego murió Jephté Galaadita, y fué sepultado en una de las ciudades de Galaad.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Jephthé jugea Israël six ans. Et Jephthé, le Galaadite, mourut, et il fut enterré dans une des villes de Galaad.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Jephtha richtete Israel sechs Jahre; und Jephtha, der Gileaditer, starb und wurde in einer der Städte Gileads begraben.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Judicavit itaque Jephte Galaadites Israël sex annis: et mortuus est, ac sepultus in civitate sua Galaad.