KJV King James Version
And the people [and] princes of Gilead said one to another, What man [is he] that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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Judges 10:18
And the people [and] princes of Gilead said one to another, What man [is he] that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
WEB World English Bible
The people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, “What man is he who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
ASV American Standard Version
And the people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the people—heads of Gilead—say one unto another, ‘Who is the man that doth begin to fight against the Bene-Ammon? he is for head to all inhabitants of Gilead.’
Surrounding context — Judges 10
15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
18 And the people [and] princes of Gilead said one to another, What man [is he] that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּאמְר֨וּH559 · a.marto sayהָעָ֜םH5971 · ampeopleשָׂרֵ֤יH8269 · sarrulerגִלְעָד֙H1568 · gil.adGileadאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)רֵעֵ֔הוּH7453 · re.aneighborמִ֣יH4310 · miwho?הָאִ֔ישׁH376 · ishmanאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichיָחֵ֔לH2490 · cha.lalto boreלְהִלָּחֵ֖םH3898 · la.chamto fightבִּבְנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childעַמּ֑וֹןH5983 · am.monAmmonיִֽהְיֶ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beלְרֹ֔אשׁH7218 · roshheadלְכֹ֖לH3605 · kolallיֹשְׁבֵ֥יH3427 · ya.shavto dwellגִלְעָֽד׃ פH1568 · gil.adGilead
Cross-references
Judges 11:11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.Isaiah 3:1-8For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,Judges 12:7And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.1 Samuel 17:25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, [that] the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.Judges 11:5-8And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:Isaiah 34:12They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none [shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing.Judges 1:1Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
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