Judges 11:14

14 Jephthah sent back messengers to the Ammonite king,

Judges 11:14 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
English Standard Version (ESV)
14 Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
New Living Translation (NLT)
14 Jephthah sent this message back to the Ammonite king:
The Message Bible (MSG)
14 Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites with the message:
American Standard Version (ASV)
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon;
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
14 Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of Ammon.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
14 Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
14 Jephthah sent messengers back to the king of Ammon.

Judges 11:14 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 11:14

And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the
children of Ammon.
] Being willing to give him all the satisfaction he could, and if possible live peaceably with him, and prevent the effusion of blood.

Judges 11:14 In-Context

12 Then Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king with the question: “What do you have against me that you have attacked my country?”
13 The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, all the way to the Jordan. Now give it back peaceably.”
14 Jephthah sent back messengers to the Ammonite king,
15 saying: “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites.
16 But when they came up out of Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and on to Kadesh.
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