The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Yahweh will be witness between us. Surely we will do what you say.”
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The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Yahweh will be witness between us. Surely we will do what you say.”
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And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
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And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah: 'The LORD shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.'
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Passages linked to Judges 11:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God sends you to tell us.
- Genesis 31:50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.”
- Genesis 16:5 Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, she despised me. May Yahweh judge between me and you.”
- Jeremiah 29:23 because they have done foolish things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I didn’t command them. I am he who knows, and am witness,” says Yahweh.
- Genesis 21:23 Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.”
- Genesis 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
- Exodus 20:7 “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
- Deuteronomy 1:16 I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
- 1 Samuel 12:5 He said to them, “Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” They said, “He is witness.”
- 1 Samuel 24:12 May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.
- Zechariah 5:4 I will cause it to go out,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”
- Malachi 3:5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 2 Corinthians 11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forever more, knows that I don’t lie.
- Romans 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, be the bearer.
Hebrew, be the bearer.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 11:10 And the elders of Gilead said unto…
Jdg 11:10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
Ver. 10. The Lord be witness.] "An oath for confirmation is to men an end of all strife": {Heb 6:16} ορκος quasi ερκος, an oath is a hedge to keep men within compass of duty.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain They confirm their promise by a solemn and sacred…
They confirm their promise by a solemn and sacred oath.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah,.... Assenting…
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah,.... Assenting to his proposal, and not only giving their word for it, but their oath:
the Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words; that is, make him head over them; they appealed to the omniscient God, and called on him to be a witness of their agreement to it, and swore by him they would fulfil it; or if they did not, that the Lord would take vengeance on them for it, and punish the breach of this covenant and oath in some way or another; the Targum of Jonathan is,"the Word of the Lord be a witness between us, &c.''
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The Lord be witness - The Lord be an…
The Lord be witness - The Lord be an hearer: so the Hebrew word is. Whatever we speak it concerns us to remember, that God is an hearer!
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 11:10-11. The Lord be witness — The Lord…
Jdg 11:10-11. The Lord be witness — The Lord be a hearer; so the Hebrew word is. Whatever we speak, it concerns us to remember that God is a hearer! The people made him head, &c. — They confirmed in full assembly, by unanimous consent, what the elders, who had been sent to him, had promised. Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord — That is, before the public congregation, where God was usually and then especially present. This most probably refers to the words of the people, in making him captain and head over them, which, it is likely, Jephthah repeated with an audible voice, calling God to witness to them at the same time, that the people might look upon their promise as more solemn, and that there might be no dispute afterward about the offer which they now made to him.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the elders of Israel said unto Jephthah, The Lord…
the elders of Israel said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us--Their offer being accompanied by the most solemn oath, Jephthah intimated his acceptance of the mission, and his willingness to accompany them. But to make "assurance doubly sure," he took care that the pledge given by the deputies in Tob should be ratified in a general assembly of the people at Mizpeh; and the language of the historian, "Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord," seems to imply that his inauguration with the character and extraordinary office of judge was solemnized by prayer for the divine blessing, or some religious ceremonial.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. The Lord be witness — A solemn oath…
10. The Lord be witness — A solemn oath and covenant.
According to thy words — We will accede to thy wish. See on Jdg_11:9.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. witness] Note marg.; the expression only here. The…
10. witness] Note marg.; the expression only here. The invocation of Jehovah’s presence is necessary to complete a solemn agreement; cf. Gen_31:49.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) The Lord be witness.—Rather, be hearing (Dominus, qui…
(10) The Lord be witness.—Rather, be hearing (Dominus, qui haec audit ipse Mediator ac testis sit, Vulg.).
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