Judges 11:15

Easy-to-Read Version

They took this message: "This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of the Moabites or the land of the Ammonites.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites.

Hebrew Names Version
and he said to him, Thus says Yiftach: Yisra'el didn't take away the land of Mo'av, nor the land of the children of `Ammon,

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

Lexham English Bible
and he said to him, "Thus says Jephthah, ‘Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites,

English Standard Version
and said to him, "Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites,

New Century Version
They said: "This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of the people of Moab or Ammon.

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.

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

New American Standard Bible
and they said to him, "This is what Jephthah says: 'Israel did not take the land of Moab nor the land of the sons of Ammon.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And said vnto him, Thus saith Iphtah, Israel tooke not the lande of Moab, nor the lande of the children of Ammon.

Legacy Standard Bible
to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

Contemporary English Version
and they told him that Jephthah had said: Israel hasn't taken any territory from Moab or Ammon.

Complete Jewish Bible
with this response, "Here is what Yiftach has to say: ‘Isra'el captured neither the territory of Mo'av nor the territory of the people of ‘Amon.

Darby Translation
and said to him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon.

George Lamsa Translation
And said to him, Thus says Jephthah, Israel did not take away the land of Moab nor the land of the children of Ammon;

Good News Translation
with this answer: "It is not true that Israel took away the land of Moab or the land of Ammon.

Literal Translation
and said to him, So says Jephthah, Israel did not take the land of Moab, and the land of the sons of Ammon.

Miles 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:

American Standard Version
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
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;

Bishop's 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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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 (1611)
And said vnto him, Thus saith Iephthah; Israel tooke not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and said to him, Thus says Jephthae, Israel took not the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon;

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

Berean Standard Bible
to tell him, "This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jepte seith these thingis, Israel took not the lond of Moab, nether the lond of the sones of Amon;

Young's Literal Translation
and saith to him, `Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not the land of Moab, and the land of the Bene-Ammon,

Update Bible Version
and he said to him, Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the sons of Ammon,

Webster's Bible Translation
And said to him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

World English Bible
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,

New King James Version
and said to him, "Thus says Jephthah: "Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the people of Ammon;

New Living Translation
"This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not steal any land from Moab or Ammon.

New Life Bible
saying, "Jephthah says, ‘Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the people of Ammon.

New Revised Standard
and said to him: "Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and said a unto him, Thus, saith Jephthah, - Israel took not away the land of Moab, or the land of the sons of Ammon;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith Jephte: Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

Revised Standard Version
and said to him, "Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and they said to him, "Thus says Jephthah, 'Israel did not take away the land of Moab nor the land of the sons of Ammon.

Contextual Overview

¹² Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites with this message: "What is the problem between the Ammonites and the Israelites? Why have you come to fight in our land?" ¹³ The king of the Ammonites said to the messengers of Jephthah, "We are fighting Israel because the Israelites took our land when they came up from Egypt. They took our land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River to the Jordan River. Now, tell the Israelites to give our land back to us without fighting for it." ¹⁴ So the messengers of Jephthah took this message back to Jephthah. Then Jephthah sent the messengers to the king of the Ammonites again. ¹⁵ They took this message: "This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of the Moabites or the land of the Ammonites. ¹⁶ When the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, they went into the desert. They went to the Red Sea. Then they went to Kadesh. ¹⁷ The Israelites sent messengers to the king of Edom. The messengers asked for a favor. They said, ‘Let the Israelites cross through your land.' But the king of Edom didn't let us go through his land. We also sent the same message to the king of Moab. But the king of Moab would not let us go through his land either. So the Israelites stayed at Kadesh. ¹⁸ "Then the Israelites went through the desert and around the edges of the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab. They made their camp on the other side of the Arnon River. They did not cross the border of the land of Moab. (The Arnon River was the border of the land of Moab.) ¹⁹ "Then the Israelites sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites. Sihon was the king of the city of Heshbon. The messengers asked Sihon, ‘Let the Israelites pass through your land. We want to go to our land.' ²⁰ But King Sihon of the Amorites would not let the Israelites cross his borders. So Sihon gathered all of his people and made a camp at Jahaz. Then the Amorites fought with the Israelites. ²¹ But the Lord , the God of Israel, helped the Israelites defeat Sihon and his army. So the land of the Amorites became the property of the Israelites.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Israel took: Numbers 21:13-15, Numbers 21:27-30, Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:19, 2 Chronicles 20:10, Acts 24:12, Acts 24:13

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 2:37 - unto the land 2 Chronicles 26:8 - the Ammonites Amos 1:13 - and for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And said unto him,.... By his messengers:

thus saith Jephthah; in a majestic style, as governor of Israel:

Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon; they were charged not to take any, nor did they take any that belonged to any of these countries, or that was then in the possession of either of them, Deuteronomy 2:9 what they did take was in the hands of Sihon and Og, and they had obtained it by conquest, and so no more belonging to either of these.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Consult the marginal references. If the ark with the copy of the Law Deuteronomy 31:26 was at Mizpeh, it would account for Jephthah’s accurate knowledge of it; and this exact agreement of his message with Numbers and Deuteronomy would give additional force to the expression, “he uttered all his words before the Lord” Judges 11:11.

Judges 11:17

No mention is made of this embassy to Moab in the Pentateuch.

Judges 11:19

Into my place - This expression implies that the trans-Jordanic possessions of Israel were not included in the land of Canaan properly speaking.

Judges 11:21

The title “God of Israel” has a special emphasis here, and in Judges 11:23. in a narrative of transactions relating to the pagan and their gods.

Judges 11:24

Chemosh was the national god of the Moabites (see the marginal references); and as the territory in question was Moabitish territory before the Amorites took it from “the people of Chemosh,” this may account for the mention of Chemosh here rather than of Moloch, or Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. Possibly the king of the children of Ammon at this time may have been a Moabite.

Judges 11:25, Judges 11:26

Jephthah advances another historical argument. Balak, the king of Moab, never disputed the possession of Sihon’s kingdom with Israel.