Judges 12:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jephthah saith unto them, `A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 12:2 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 11:12Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”

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