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Judges 11:8

NETBible	The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That may be true,¹ but now we pledge to you our loyalty.² Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader³ of all who live in Gilead.”⁴
NIV © biblegateway Jdg 11:8	The elders of Gilead said to him, "Nevertheless, we are turning to you now; come with us to fight the Ammonites, and you will be our head over all who live in Gilead."
NASB © biblegateway Jdg 11:8	The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "For this reason we have now returned to you, that you may go with us and fight with the sons of Ammon and become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
NLT © biblegateway Jdg 11:8	"Because we need you," they replied. "If you will lead us in battle against the Ammonites, we will make you ruler over all the people of Gilead."
MSG © biblegateway Jdg 11:8	The elders of Gilead replied, "That's it exactly. We've come to you to get you to go with us and fight the Ammonites. You'll be the head of all of us, all the Gileadites."
BBE © SABDAweb Jdg 11:8	And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is the reason we have come back to you; so go with us and make war against the children of Ammon, and we will make you our head over all the people of Gilead.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jdg 11:8	The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "Nevertheless, we have now turned back to you, so that you may go with us and fight with the Ammonites, and become head over us, over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
NKJV © biblegateway Jdg 11:8	And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That is why we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the people of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
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KJV	And the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568> said <0559> (8799) unto Jephthah <03316>_, Therefore we turn again <07725> (8804) to thee now, that thou mayest go <01980> (8804) with us, and fight <03898> (8738) against the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>_, and be our head <07218> over all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Gilead <01568>_.
NASB © biblegateway Jdg 11:8	The elders <02205> of Gilead <01568> said <0559> to Jephthah <03316> , "For this <03651> reason <03651> we have now <06258> returned <07725> to you, that you may go <01980> with us and fight <03898> with the sons <01121> of Ammon <05983> and become <01961> head <07218> over all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of Gilead <01568> ."
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ eipan {V-AAI-3P} oi <3588> T-NPM presbuteroi <4245> N-NPM galaad {N-PRI} prov <4314> PREP iefyae <2422> N-PRI ouc <3364> ADV outwv <3778> ADV nun <3568> ADV hlyomen <2064> V-AAI-1P prov <4314> PREP se <4771> P-AS kai <2532> CONJ sumporeush <4848> V-AAS-3S hmin <1473> P-DP kai <2532> CONJ polemhsomen <4170> V-FAI-1P en <1722> PREP toiv <3588> T-DPM uioiv <5207> N-DPM ammwn {N-PRI} kai <2532> CONJ esh <1510> V-FMI-2S hmin <1473> P-DP eiv <1519> PREP kefalhn <2776> N-ASF pasin <3956> A-DPM toiv <3588> T-DPM katoikousin {V-PAPDP} galaad {N-PRI}
NET [draft] ITL	The leaders <02205> of Gilead <01568> said <0559> to <0413> Jephthah <03316> , “That may be true <03651> , but now <06258> we pledge <07725> to <0413> you our loyalty. Come <01980> with <05973> us and fight <03898> with the Ammonites <05983> <01121> . Then you will become <01961> the leader <07218> of all <03605> who live <03427> in Gilead <01568> .”
HEBREW	delg <01568> ybsy <03427> lkl <03605> sarl <07218> wnl <0> tyyhw <01961> Nwme <05983> ynbb <01121> tmxlnw <03898> wnme <05973> tklhw <01980> Kyla <0413> wnbs <07725> hte <06258> Nkl <03651> xtpy <03316> la <0413> delg <01568> ynqz <02205> wrmayw (11:8) <0559>

NETBible

The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That may be true,¹ but now we pledge to you our loyalty.² Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader³ of all who live in Gilead.”⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “therefore”; “even so.” For MT לָכֵן (lakhen, “therefore”) the LXX has an opposite reading, “not so,” which seems to be based on the Hebrew words לֹא כֵן (lo’ khen).

²tn Heb “we have returned to you.” For another example of שׁוּב אֶל (shuv ’el) in the sense of “give allegiance to,” see 1 Kgs 12:27b.

³sn Then you will become the leader. The leaders of Gilead now use the word רֹאשׁ (ro’sh, “head, leader”), the same term that appeared in their original, general offer (see 10:18). In their initial offer to Jephthah they had simply invited him to be their קָצִין (qatsin, “commander”; v. 6). When he resists they must offer him a more attractive reward – rulership over the region. See R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 198.

⁴tn Heb “leader of us and all who live in Gilead.”