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World English Bible

Judges 12 (WEBP)

[1] The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!”
[2] Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn’t save me out of their hand.
[3] When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me today, to fight against me?”
[4] Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh.”
[5] The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. Whenever a fugitive of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No;”
[6] then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.
[7] Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of Gilead.
[8] After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
[9] He had thirty sons. He sent his thirty daughters outside his clan, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside his clan for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.
[10] Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
[11] After him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
[12] Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
[13] After him, Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
[14] He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years.
[15] Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Judges 12 (KJVS)

[1] And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
[2] 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.
[3] And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
[4] Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
[5] And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
[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.
[7] And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
[8] And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
[9] And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
[10] Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
[11] And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
[12] And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
[13] And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
[14] And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
[15] And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.

Judges 12:1 Heb. were called
Judges 12:14 Heb. sons sons

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Judges 12 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () συνήχθησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Εφραιμ () καὶ () ἦλθον () εἰς () Σεφινα καὶ () εἶπον () πρὸς () Ιεφθαε () Τί () ὅτι () ἐπορεύθης () πολεμεῖν () ἐν () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Αμμων καὶ () ἡμᾶς () οὐ () κέκληκας () πορευθῆναι () μετὰ () σοῦ; () Τὸν () οἶκόν () σου () ἐμπρήσομεν () ἐν () πυρί. ()
[2] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτοὺς () Ιεφθαε () Ἀνὴρ () ἀντιδικῶν ἤμην () ἐγὼ () καὶ () ὁ () λαός () μου, () καὶ () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Αμμων ἐταπείνουν () με () σφόδρα· () καὶ () ἐβόησα () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐσώσατέ () με () ἐκ () χειρὸς () αὐτῶν. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶδον () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἦν () ὁ () σῴζων, () καὶ () ἐθέμην () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () ἐν () τῇ () χειρί () μου () καὶ () διέβην () πρὸς () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Αμμων, καὶ () παρέδωκεν () αὐτοὺς () κύριος () ἐν () χειρί () μου· () καὶ () ἵνα () τί () ἀνέβητε () πρός () με () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ταύτῃ () τοῦ () πολεμεῖν () ἐν () ἐμοί; ()
[4] Καὶ () συνήθροισεν () Ιεφθαε () πάντας () τοὺς () ἄνδρας () Γαλααδ καὶ () ἐπολέμει () τὸν () Εφραιμ, () καὶ () ἐπάταξαν () ἄνδρες () Γαλααδ τὸν () Εφραιμ, () ὅτι () εἶπαν () Οἱ () διασεσῳσμένοι () τοῦ () Εφραιμ () ὑμεῖς, () Γαλααδ ἐν () μέσῳ () Εφραιμ () καὶ () ἐν () μέσῳ () Μανασση. ()
[5] Καὶ () προκατελάβοντο ἄνδρες () Γαλααδ τὰς () διαβάσεις τοῦ () Ιορδάνου () τοῦ () Εφραιμ, () καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ὅτι () εἶπαν () οἱ () διασεσῳσμένοι () τοῦ () Εφραιμ () Διαβῶμεν, () καὶ () εἶπαν () αὐτοῖς () οἱ () ἄνδρες () Γαλααδ Μὴ () ὑμεῖς () ἐκ () τοῦ () Εφραιμ; () Καὶ () εἶπαν () Οὔκ () ἐσμεν. ()
[6] Καὶ () εἶπαν () αὐτοῖς () Εἴπατε () δὴ () Σύνθημα· καὶ () οὐ () κατηύθυναν () τοῦ () λαλῆσαι () οὕτως. () Καὶ () ἐπελάβοντο () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἔσφαξαν () αὐτοὺς () ἐπὶ () τὰς () διαβάσεις τοῦ () Ιορδάνου, () καὶ () ἔπεσαν () ἐξ () Εφραιμ () ἐν () τῷ () καιρῷ () ἐκείνῳ () δύο () τεσσαράκοντα () χιλιάδες. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἔκρινεν () Ιεφθαε () τὸν () Ισραηλ () ἓξ () ἔτη. () Καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () Ιεφθαε () ὁ () Γαλααδίτης καὶ () ἐτάφη () ἐν () τῇ () πόλει () αὐτοῦ () Γαλααδ.
[8] Καὶ () ἔκρινεν () μετ’ () αὐτὸν () τὸν () Ισραηλ () Εσεβων ἐκ () Βαιθλεεμ.
[9] Καὶ () ἐγένοντο () αὐτῷ () τριάκοντα () υἱοὶ () καὶ () τριάκοντα () θυγατέρες () ἐξαπεσταλμέναι () ἔξω, () καὶ () τριάκοντα () γυναῖκας () εἰσήγαγεν () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () αὐτοῦ () ἔξωθεν. () Καὶ () ἔκρινεν () τὸν () Ισραηλ () ἑπτὰ () ἔτη. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () Εσεβων καὶ () ἐτάφη () ἐν () Βηθλεεμ. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἔκρινεν () μετ’ () αὐτὸν () τὸν () Ισραηλ () Αιλων ὁ () Ζαβουλωνίτης. Καὶ () ἔκρινεν () τὸν () Ισραηλ () δέκα () ἔτη. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () Αιλων ὁ () Ζαβουλωνίτης ἐν () Αιλιμ, καὶ () ἔθαψαν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () γῇ () Ζαβουλων. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἔκρινεν () μετ’ () αὐτὸν () τὸν () Ισραηλ () Λαβδων υἱὸς () Σελλημ ὁ () Φρααθωνίτης.
[14] Καὶ () ἐγένοντο () αὐτῷ () τεσσαράκοντα () υἱοὶ () καὶ () τριάκοντα () υἱοὶ () τῶν () υἱῶν () αὐτοῦ () ἐπιβεβηκότες () ἐπὶ () ἑβδομήκοντα () πώλους. () Καὶ () ἔκρινεν () τὸν () Ισραηλ () ὀκτὼ () ἔτη. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () Λαβδων υἱὸς () Σελλημ ὁ () Φρααθωνίτης καὶ () ἐτάφη () ἐν () Φρααθων ἐν () γῇ () Εφραιμ () ἐν () ὄρει () Λανακ.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.