Judges 11:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Jephthah said to him, 'This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יִפְתָּ֑ח לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֔ב וְאֶת־אֶ֖רֶץ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

And wayyō'mer to-him thus 'āmar Yiptach not-lāqaḥ Yiśrā'ēl 'et-'ereş Mô'āḇ and-'et-'ereş bənê 'Ammôn

Grammar Details

• *wayyō'mer*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - and he said
• *'āmar*: verb, Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - said
• *Yiptach*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jephthah
• *lāqaḥ*: verb, Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he took
• *Yiśrā'ēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Israel
• *'ereş*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *Mô'āḇ*: proper noun - Moab
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *'Ammôn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ammon

Word Meanings

• *lāqaḥ*: took/seized/captured

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And said to him, Thus says Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  which sayde vnto him: Thus sayeth Iephthae: Israel hath taken no londe, nether from the Moabites ner from the children of Ammon:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And said vnto him, Thus saith Iphtah, Israel tooke not the lande of Moab, nor the lande of the children of Ammon.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And sayd vnto him, thus sayth Iephthah: Israel toke not away the lande of Moab, nor the lande of the children of Ammon.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and he said to him, Thus says Jephthah: Israel didn't take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and saith to him, `Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not the land of Moab, and the land of the Bene-Ammon,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And said to him, This is the word of Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the children of Ammon;

• World English Bible (2000)

  and he said to him, "Thus says Jephthah: Israel didn't take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and said to him,“This is what Jephthah says,‘Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 2:9 : 9 The LORD said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land as a possession. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.'
• Deut 2:19 : 19 When you come near the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them to conflict, for I will not give you any land of the Ammonites as a possession because I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.'
• 2 Chr 20:10 : 10 'But now, here are the men from Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whose land you would not let Israel invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them.'
• Acts 24:12-13 : 12 My accusers did not find me disputing with anyone in the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues, or anywhere in the city. 13 Nor can they prove to you the charges they are now bringing against me.
• Num 21:13-15 : 13 They set out from there and camped beyond the Arnon, which flows through the wilderness out of the Amorite territory. The Arnon was the border between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Therefore, it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: 'Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon.' 15 The ravines of the valleys that extend to the settlement of Ar and rest along the border of Moab.
• Num 21:27-30 : 27 That is why the poets said: 'Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt, let Sihon’s city be restored.' 28 For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of the high places of the Arnon. 29 Woe to you, Moab! You have been destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon, king of the Amorites. 30 But we overthrew them; Heshbon as far as Dibon is destroyed. We devastated Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.