Other translations
American Standard Version
and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
Darby Bible Translation
and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the Ammonites."
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
And they said to him: Come thou and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
And they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, that we may fight against the Ammonites.”
God's Word
They said to Jephthah, "Come and be our commander so that we can wage war against Ammon."
Holman Christian Standard Bible
They said to him, "Come, be our commander, and let's fight against the Ammonites."
International Standard Version
They told him, "Come and be our commander so we can fight the Ammonites!"
NET Bible
They said, "Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites."
New American Standard Bible
and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief that we may fight against the sons of Ammon."
New International Version
"Come," they said, "be our commander, so we can fight the Ammonites."
New Living Translation
"Come and be our commander! Help us fight the Ammonites!"
Webster's Bible Translation
And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
The World English Bible
and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon."
EasyEnglish Bible
They said to him, ‘Come and lead our army to fight against the Ammonites.’
Young‘s Literal Translation
and they say unto Jephthah, `Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.'
New Life Version
They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, so we may fight against the men of Ammon.”
The Voice Bible
When the Ammonites attacked Israel, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to return from Tob to be their commander and lead them against the Ammonite invaders.
Living Bible
begging him to come and lead their army against the Ammonites.
New Catholic Bible
They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
Legacy Standard Bible
and they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief that we may fight against the sons of Ammon.”
Jubilee Bible 2000
and they said unto Jephthah, Come, and thou shalt be our captain that we may fight with the sons of Ammon.
Christian Standard Bible
They said to him, “Come, be our commander, and let’s fight the Ammonites.”
Amplified Bible © 1954
And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the Ammonites.
New Century Version
They said to him, “Come and lead our army so we can fight the Ammonites.”
The Message
Some time passed. And then the Ammonites started fighting Israel. With the Ammonites at war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. They said to Jephthah: “Come. Be our general and we’ll fight the Ammonites.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief, and we will wage war against the Ammonites.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, so that we may fight with the Ammonites.”
Good News Translation®
They told him, “Come and lead us, so that we can fight the Ammonites.”
Wycliffe Bible
and they said to him, Come thou, and be our prince, and fight against the sons of Ammon.
Contemporary English Version
“Please come back to Gilead! If you lead our army, we will be able to fight off the Ammonites.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
and they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the Ammonites.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, so that we may fight with the Ammonites.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
They said to Jephthah, ‘Come and be our commander, so that we may fight with the Ammonites.’
Common English Bible © 2011
They said to him, “Come be our commander so we can fight against the Ammonites.”
Amplified Bible © 2015
and they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, so that we may fight against the Ammonites.”
English Standard Version Anglicised
And they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, that we may fight against the Ammonites.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
“Come,” they said to Jephthah, “be our commander so that we can fight the Ammonites.”
New American Standard Bible
and they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, that we may fight against the sons of Ammon.”
The Expanded Bible
They said to him, “Come and ·lead our army [L be our commander/ruler] so we can fight the ·Ammonites [L sons/descendants of Ammon].”
Tree of Life Version
They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief, so we may fight the children of Ammon.”
Revised Standard Version
and they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the Ammonites.”
New International Reader's Version
“Come with us,” they said. “Be our commander. Then we can fight against the Ammonites.”
BRG Bible
And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
Complete Jewish Bible
and said to him, “Come and be our chief, so that we can fight the army of ‘Amon.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
They said to Jephthah, ‘Come and be our commander, so that we may fight with the Ammonites.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible
And they said unto Yiftach, Come, and be our katzin (leader), that we may fight with the Bnei Ammon.
Names of God Bible
They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander so that we can wage war against Ammon.”
Modern English Version
They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader so that we may fight the Ammonites.”
Easy-to-Read Version
The elders said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader so that we can fight the Ammonites.”
International Children’s Bible
They said to him, “Come and lead our army so we can fight the Ammonites.”
Lexham English Bible
And they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, so that we may make war against the Ammonites.”
New International Version - UK
‘Come,’ they said, ‘be our commander, so we can fight the Ammonites.’