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Judges 11:10

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11:10The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will judge any grievance you have against us,19 if we do not do as you say.”20

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Footnotes

  1. 19 Heb “The Lord will be the one who hears between us.” For the idiom שָׁמַע בַּיִן (shama’ bayin, “to hear between”), see Deut 1:16.
  2. 20 The Lord will judge … if we do not do as you say. The statement by the leaders of Gilead takes the form of a legally binding oath, which obligates them to the terms of the agreement.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will be witness between us, if we do not do as you say.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The elders of Gilead replied, “The Lord is our witness; we will certainly do as you say.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord is our witness if we don’t do as you say.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“The Lord is our witness,” the elders replied. “We promise to do whatever you say.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Yahweh will be a witness between us; we will act according to your word.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.