Judges 11:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then it shall be, that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites will belong to the Lord, and I will offer it as a burnt offering.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    what so euer commeth (first) out at the dore of my house in my waye, whan I returne agayne peaceably from the childre of Ammon, that same shalbe the LORDES, and I wyl offre it for a burtnofferynge.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then that thing that commeth out of the doores of mine house to meete me, when I come home in peace from the children of Ammon, shall be the Lordes, and I will offer it for a burnt offering.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then that thing that commeth out of the doores of my house against me, whe I come home in peace from the children of Ammon, shalbe the Lordes, and I will offer it vp for a burnt offering.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning back in peace from the Bene-Ammon -- it hath been to Jehovah, or I have offered up for it -- a burnt-offering.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then whoever comes out from the door of my house, meeting me when I come back in peace from the children of Ammon, will be the Lord's and I will give him as a burned offering.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    then whoever is the first to come through the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites– he will belong to the LORD and I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.”

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 1:28 : 28 Therefore I have also lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel served before the LORD, being a child, wearing a linen ephod.
  • 1 Sam 14:24 : 24 The men of Israel were distressed that day because Saul had placed the people under an oath, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats any food until evening, that I may avenge myself on my enemies." So none of the people tasted any food.
  • 1 Sam 14:44 : 44 Saul said, "God do so and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan."
  • Ps 66:13-14 : 13 I will go into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth has spoken, when I was in trouble.
  • Isa 66:3 : 3 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offers an offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
  • Lev 27:2-3 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When a man makes a special vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by your estimation. 3 And your estimation shall be for the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, your estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
  • Lev 27:11-12 : 11 And if it is any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice to the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: 12 And the priest shall value it, whether it is good or bad: as you value it, who are the priest, so shall it be.
  • Lev 27:28-29 : 28 Nevertheless no devoted thing that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted by men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
  • Deut 23:18 : 18 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to the LORD your God.
  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your maidservant, and remember me, and not forget your maidservant, but will give your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 11:27-30
    4 verses
    87%

    27Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you do wrong to war against me: let the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

    28However, the king of the children of Ammon did not listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

    29Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he advanced towards the children of Ammon.

    30And Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,

  • Judg 11:32-36
    5 verses
    84%

    32So Jephthah advanced towards the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

    33And he struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

    34And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and she was his only child; besides her, he had neither son nor daughter.

    35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me: for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot go back.

    36And she said to him, My father, if you have opened your mouth to the LORD, do to me according to what has proceeded out of your mouth; forasmuch as the LORD has taken vengeance for you upon your enemies, even of the children of Ammon.

  • Judg 11:1-15
    15 verses
    76%

    1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a prostitute: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

    2And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of a strange woman.

    3Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

    4And it came to pass, in the process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

    5And it happened, when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

    6And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

    7And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did you not hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?

    8And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we return to you now, that you may go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

    9And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivers them before me, shall I be your head?

    10And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.

    11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.

    12And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you to do with me, that you have come against me to fight in my land?

    13And the king of the children of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and to Jordan: now therefore restore those lands peacefully.

    14And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon:

    15And said to him, Thus says Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

  • Judg 12:1-4
    4 verses
    75%

    1And the men of Ephraim gathered together, and went northward, and said to Jephthah, Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.

    2And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you did not deliver me out of their hands.

    3And when I saw that you did not deliver me, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: why then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?

    4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.

  • Judg 11:39-40
    2 verses
    71%

    39And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

    40That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

  • Exod 13:11
    71%

    11And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you,

  • Num 15:3
    70%

    3And make an offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in fulfilling a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a pleasing aroma to the LORD, of the herd or of the flock:

  • Lev 1:3
    70%

    3If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tent of meeting before the LORD.

  • Lev 3:12
    70%

    12If his offering is a goat, then he shall present it before the LORD.

  • Lev 17:5
    70%

    5To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, that they may bring them to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to the priest, and offer them for peace offerings to the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 3:27
    69%

    27Then he took his eldest son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.

  • Josh 22:23
    69%

    23That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer on it burnt offering or grain offering, or if to offer peace offerings on it, let the LORD Himself require it;

  • Lev 17:8
    69%

    8And you shall say to them, Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, that offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,

  • 1 Sam 11:1
    69%

    1Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you."

  • Ps 66:13
    69%

    13I will go into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows,

  • Lev 3:7
    69%

    7If he offers a lamb for his offering, he shall present it before the LORD.

  • Gen 28:21
    68%

    21So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

  • Lev 1:10
    68%

    10And if his offering is of the flocks, namely, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring a male without blemish.

  • Lev 7:29
    68%

    29Speak to the children of Israel, saying, He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the LORD shall bring his offering to the LORD from the sacrifice of his peace offerings.

  • Num 15:8
    68%

    8And when you prepare a bull for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in fulfilling a vow, or peace offerings to the LORD:

  • Jer 49:6
    68%

    6And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, says the LORD.

  • Deut 12:6
    68%

    6And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contributions of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks:

  • Deut 12:11
    68%

    11Then there will be a place which the LORD your God will choose to make His name dwell there; there you shall bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD:

  • Lev 27:9
    67%

    9And if it is a beast, of which men bring an offering to the LORD, all that any man gives of such to the LORD shall be holy.

  • Mic 6:6
    67%

    6With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?