Judges 12
- 1And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said to Jephthah, Therefore passed you over to fight against the children of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house on you with fire.
- 2And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great conflict with the children of Ammon. When I called you, you did not deliver me out of their hands.
- 3And when I saw that you did not deliver me, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand: therefore then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?
- 4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
- 5And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over. That the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? If he said, No.
- 6Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth. For he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and killed him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
- 7And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
- 8And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
- 9And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, who he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
- 10Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
- 11And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel. He judged Israel ten years.
- 12And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
- 13And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
- 14And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
- 15And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Judges 12 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
GIGAKJVAnd the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said to Jephthah, Therefore passed you over to fight against the children of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house on you with fire.
KJVAnd Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
GIGAKJVAnd Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great conflict with the children of Ammon. When I called you, you did not deliver me out of their hands.
KJVAnd when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
GIGAKJVAnd when I saw that you did not deliver me, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand: therefore then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?
KJVThen Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
GIGAKJVThen Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
KJVAnd the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
GIGAKJVAnd the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over. That the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? If he said, No.
KJVThen said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
GIGAKJVThen they said to him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth. For he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and killed him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
KJVAnd he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
GIGAKJVAnd he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, who he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
KJVAnd after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
GIGAKJVAnd after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel. He judged Israel ten years.
KJVAnd he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
GIGAKJVAnd he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
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