1 Now Jephthah H3316 the Gileadite H1569 was H1961 VQQ3MS a mighty man H1368 AMS of valor H2428 NMS , and he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS was the son H1121 of a harlot H2181 : and Gilead H1568 begot H3205 W-VHY3MS Jephthah H3316 .
2 And Gilead H1568 \'s wife H802 CFS bore H3205 W-VQY3FS him sons H1121 NMP ; and his wife H802 D-NFS \'s sons H1121 grew up H1431 , and they thrust out H1644 Jephthah H3316 , and said H559 W-VQY3MP unto him , Thou shalt not H3808 ADV inherit H5157 in our father H1 \'s house H1004 B-CMS ; for H3588 CONJ thou H859 PPRO-2MS art the son H1121 NMP of a strange H312 woman H802 NFS .
3 Then Jephthah H3316 fled H1272 W-VQY3MS from M-CMP his brethren H251 NMP-3MS , and dwelt H3427 W-VQY3MS in the land H776 B-GFS of Tob H2897 : and there were gathered H3950 vain H7386 men H376 to H413 PREP Jephthah H3316 , and went out H3318 W-VQY3MP with H5973 PREP-3MS him .
4 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS in process of time H3117 , that the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 made war H3898 against H5973 PREP Israel H3478 LMS .
5 And it was H1961 W-VQY3MS so , that when H834 K-RPRO the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 made war H3898 against H5973 PREP Israel H3478 , the elders H2205 of Gilead H1568 went H1980 W-VQY3MP to fetch H3947 L-VQFC Jephthah H3316 out of the land H776 M-NFS of Tob H2897 :
6 And they said H559 W-VQY3MP unto Jephthah H3316 , Come H1980 VQI2MS-3FS , and be H1961 our captain H7101 , that we may fight H3898 with the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 .
7 And Jephthah H3316 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto the elders H2205 of Gilead H1568 , Did not H3808 I-NADV ye H859 PPRO-2MS hate H8130 me , and expel H1644 me out of my father H1 CMS-1MS \'s house H1004 ? and why H4069 are ye come H935 unto H413 PREP-1MS me now H6258 ADV when H834 K-RPRO ye are in distress H6862 AMS ?
8 And the elders H2205 of Gilead H1568 said H559 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP Jephthah H3316 , Therefore H3651 L-ADV we turn again H7725 to H413 PREP thee now H6258 ADV , that thou mayest go H1980 with H5973 PREP-1MP us , and fight H3898 against the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , and be H1961 W-VQQ2MS our head H7218 over all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Gilead H1568 .
9 And Jephthah H3316 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the elders H2205 of Gilead H1568 , If H518 PART ye H859 PPRO-2MS bring me home again H7725 to fight H3898 against the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , and the LORD H3068 EDS deliver H5414 W-VQQ3MS them before H6440 me , shall I H595 PPRO-1MS be H1961 VQY1MS your head H7218 ?
10 And the elders H2205 of Gilead H1568 said H559 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP Jephthah H3316 , The LORD H3068 EDS be H1961 VQY3MS witness H8085 between H996 us , if H518 PART we do H6213 not H3808 NADV so H3651 ADV according to thy words H1697 .
11 Then Jephthah H3316 went H1980 W-VQY3MS with H5973 PREP the elders H2205 of Gilead H1568 , and the people H5971 made H7760 W-VQY3MP him head H7218 and captain H7101 over H5921 PREP-3MP them : and Jephthah H3316 uttered H1696 W-VPY3MS all H3605 NMS his words H1697 CMP-3MS before H6440 L-CMP the LORD H3068 EDS in Mizpeh H4709 .
12 And Jephthah H3316 sent H7971 W-VQY3MS messengers H4397 unto H413 PREP the king H4428 NMS of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , saying H559 L-VQFC , What H4100 IPRO hast thou to do with me , that H3588 CONJ thou art come H935 against H413 PREP me to fight H3898 in my land H776 ?
13 And the king H4428 NMS of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 answered H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the messengers H4397 of Jephthah H3316 , Because H3588 CONJ Israel H3478 took away H3947 VQQ3MS my land H776 , when they came up H5927 out of Egypt H4714 M-TFS , from Arnon H769 even unto H5704 W-PREP Jabbok H2999 , and unto H5704 W-PREP Jordan H3383 D-EFS : now H6258 W-ADV therefore restore those lands again H7725 peaceably H7965 .
14 And Jephthah H3316 sent H7971 W-VQY3MS messengers H4397 again H3254 unto H413 PREP the king H4428 NMS of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 :
15 And said H559 W-VQY3MS unto him , Thus H3541 saith H559 W-VQY3MS Jephthah H3316 , Israel H3478 took not away H3947 VQQ3MS the land H776 GFS of Moab H4124 , nor the land H776 GFS of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 :
16 But H3588 CONJ when Israel H3478 came up H5927 from Egypt H4714 , and walked H1980 W-VQY3MS through the wilderness H4057 unto H5704 PREP the Red H5488 NMS sea H3220 , and came H935 W-VQY3MS to Kadesh H6946 ;
17 Then Israel H3478 sent H7971 W-VQY3MS messengers H4397 unto H413 PREP the king H4428 NMS of Edom H123 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Let me , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , pass H5674 through thy land H776 : but the king H4428 NMS of Edom H123 would not H3808 W-NPAR hearken H8085 thereto . And in like manner H1571 W-CONJ they sent H7971 VQQ3MS unto H413 PREP the king H4428 NMS of Moab H4124 : but he would H14 not H3808 W-NPAR consent : and Israel H3478 abode H3427 W-VQY3MS in Kadesh H6946 .
18 Then they went along H1980 W-VQY3MS through the wilderness H4057 , and compassed H5437 the land H776 GFS of Edom H123 , and the land H776 GFS of Moab H4124 , and came H935 VQQ3MP by the east side H4217 of the land H776 of Moab H4124 , and pitched H2583 on the other side H5676 of Arnon H769 , but came H935 VQQ3MP not H3808 W-NPAR within the border H1366 of Moab H4124 : for H3588 CONJ Arnon H769 was the border H1366 CMS of Moab H4124 .
19 And Israel H3478 sent H7971 W-VQY3MS messengers H4397 unto H413 PREP Sihon H5511 king H4428 NMS of the Amorites H567 D-TMS , the king H4428 NMS of Heshbon H2809 ; and Israel H3478 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto him , Let us pass H5674 , we pray thee H4994 IJEC , through thy land H776 into H5704 PREP my place H4725 .
20 But Sihon H5511 trusted H539 not H3808 W-NPAR Israel H3478 to pass H5674 through his coast H1366 : but Sihon H5511 gathered all his people together H622 , and pitched H2583 in Jahaz H3096 , and fought H3898 against H5973 PREP Israel H3478 LMS .
21 And the LORD H3068 EDS God H430 of Israel H3478 delivered H5414 W-VQQ3MS Sihon H5511 and all H3605 NMS his people H5971 into the hand H3027 B-CFS of Israel H3478 , and they smote H5221 them : so Israel H3478 possessed H3423 all H3605 NMS the land H776 GFS of the Amorites H567 D-TMS , the inhabitants H3427 VQPMS of that H1931 country H776 D-GFS .
22 And they possessed H3423 all H3605 NMS the coasts H1366 CMS of the Amorites H567 D-TMS , from Arnon H769 even unto H5704 W-PREP Jabbok H2999 , and from H4480 W-PREP the wilderness H4057 D-NMS even unto H5704 W-PREP Jordan H3383 .
23 So now H6258 W-ADV the LORD H3068 EDS God H430 CDP of Israel H3478 hath dispossessed H3423 the Amorites H567 D-TMS from before H6440 M-CMP his people H5971 Israel H3478 , and shouldest thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS possess H3423 it ?
24 Wilt not H3808 I-NADV thou possess H3423 that which H834 RPRO Chemosh H3645 thy god H430 CMP-2MS giveth thee to possess H3423 ? So whomsoever H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS our God H430 CMP-2MS shall drive out H3423 from before H6440 us , them will we possess H3423 .
25 And now H6258 W-ADV art thou H859 PPRO-2MS any thing better H2896 AMS than Balak H1111 the son H1121 of Zippor H6834 , king H4428 NMS of Moab H4124 ? did he ever strive H7378 against H5973 PREP Israel H3478 , or H518 PART did he ever fight H3898 against them ,
26 While Israel H3478 dwelt H3427 in Heshbon H2809 and her towns H1323 , and in Aroer H6177 and her towns H1323 , and in all H3605 WB-CMS the cities H5892 that H834 RPRO be along by H5921 PREP the coasts H3027 CFD of Arnon H769 , three H7969 BFS hundred H3967 BFP years H8141 NFS ? why H4069 therefore did ye not H3808 ADV recover H5337 them within that H1931 time H6256 ?
27 Wherefore I H595 have not H3808 ADV sinned H2398 VQQ1MS against thee , but thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS doest H6213 VQPMS me wrong H7451 AFS to war H3898 against me : the LORD H3068 EDS the Judge H8199 be judge H8199 this day H3117 D-AMS between H996 PREP the children H1121 of Israel H3478 and the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 .
28 Howbeit the king H4428 NMS of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 hearkened H8085 not H3808 W-NPAR unto H413 PREP the words H1697 CMP of Jephthah H3316 which H834 RPRO he sent H7971 VQQ3MS him .
29 Then the Spirit H7307 NFS of the LORD H3068 EDS came H1961 W-VQY3FS upon H5921 PREP Jephthah H3316 , and he passed over H5674 W-VQY3MS Gilead H1568 , and Manasseh H4519 , and passed over H5674 Mizpeh H4708 of Gilead H1568 , and from Mizpeh H4708 of Gilead H1568 he passed over H5674 VQQ3MS unto the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 .
30 And Jephthah H3316 vowed H5087 a vow H5088 unto the LORD H3068 L-EDS , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , If H518 PART thou shalt without fail deliver H5414 the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 into mine hands H3027 ,
31 Then it shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS , that whatsoever H834 RPRO cometh forth H3318 of the doors H1817 of my house H1004 CMS-1MS to meet H7125 me , when I return H7725 in peace H7965 from the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , shall surely be H1961 W-VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 L-EDS \'s , and I will offer it up H5927 for a burnt offering H5930 .
32 So Jephthah H3316 passed over H5674 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 to fight H3898 against them ; and the LORD H3068 EDS delivered H5414 them into his hands H3027 B-CFS-3MS .
33 And he smote H5221 W-VHY3MS-3MP them from Aroer H6177 , even till H5704 W-PREP thou come H935 to Minnith H4511 , even twenty H6242 cities H5892 GFS , and unto H5704 W-PREP the plain H58 of the vineyards H3754 , with a very H3966 ADV great H1419 AMS-3FS slaughter H4347 . Thus the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 were subdued H3665 before H6440 M-CMP the children H1121 of Israel H3478 LMS .
34 And Jephthah H3316 came H935 W-VQY3MS to Mizpeh H4709 unto H413 PREP his house H1004 NMS-3MS , and , behold H2009 IJEC , his daughter H1323 came out H3318 to meet H7125 L-VQFC-3MS him with timbrels H8596 and with dances H4246 : and she H1931 PPRO-3FS was his only child H3173 ; beside H4480 M-PREP-3MS her he had neither H369 ADV son H1121 NMS nor H176 CONJ daughter H1323 .
35 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , when he saw H7200 her , that he rent H7167 W-VQY3MS his clothes H899 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Alas H162 , my daughter H1323 ! thou hast brought me very low H3766 , and thou H859 art H1961 one of them that trouble H5916 me : for I H595 W-PPRO-1MS have opened H6475 my mouth H6310 CMS-1MS unto H413 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS , and I cannot H3808 W-NPAR go back H7725 .
36 And she said H559 W-VQY3FS unto H413 PREP-3MS him , My father H1 CMS-1MS , if thou hast opened H6475 thy mouth H6310 CMS-2MS unto H413 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS , do H6213 VQI2MS to me according to that which H834 RPRO hath proceeded out H3318 VQQ3MS of thy mouth H6310 M-CMS-2MS ; forasmuch H310 PREP as the LORD H3068 EDS hath taken H6213 VQQ3MS vengeance H5360 for thee of thine enemies H341 , even of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 .
37 And she said H559 W-VQY3FS unto H413 PREP her father H1 , Let this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 D-NMS be done H6213 for me : let me alone H7503 two H8147 ONUM months H2320 , that I may go up H1980 and down H3381 upon H5921 PREP the mountains H2022 , and bewail H1058 my virginity H1331 , I H595 PPRO-1MS and my fellows H7464 .
38 And he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Go H1980 . And he sent her away H7971 W-VQY3MS for two H8147 ONUM months H2320 : and she H1931 PPRO-3FS went H1980 W-VQQ3FS with her companions H7464 , and bewailed H1058 her virginity H1331 upon H5921 PREP the mountains H2022 D-NMP .
39 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS at the end H7093 M-CMS of two H8147 ONUM months H2320 , that she returned H7725 W-VQY3FS unto H413 PREP her father H1 , who did H6213 W-VQY3MS with her according to his vow H5088 which H834 RPRO he had vowed H5087 : and she H1931 knew H3045 no H3808 NADV man H376 NMS . And it was H1961 W-VQY3FS a custom H2706 NMS in Israel H3478 ,
40 That the daughters H1323 CFP of Israel H3478 went H1980 yearly H3117 to lament H8567 the daughter H1323 of Jephthah H3316 the Gileadite H1569 four H702 days H3117 in a year H8141 .