Judges 11:30
Good News Translation
Jephthah promised the LORD: "If you will give me victory over the Ammonites,

New Revised Standard Version
And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, and said, “If you will give the Ammonites into my hand,

Contemporary English Version
he promised the LORD, "If you will let me defeat the Ammonites

New American Bible
Jephthah made a vow to the LORD. “If you deliver the Ammonites into my power,” he said,

Douay-Rheims Bible
He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,

Genesis 28:20 And he made a vow, saying: If God shall be with me, and shall keep me in the way, by which I walk, and shall give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Numbers 30:2 If any man make a vow to the Lord, or bind himself by an oath: he shall not make his word void but shall fulfil all that he promised.

1 Samuel 1:11 And she made a vow, saying: O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt look down, and wilt be mindful of me, and not forget thy handmaid, and wilt give to thy servant a manchild: I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.

Ecclesiastes 5:1,2,4,5 Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do. . . .

Context
Jephthah's Tragic Vow
29Therefore the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephte, and going round Galaad, and Manasses, and Maspha of Galaad, and passing over from thence to the children of Ammon, 30He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,31Whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house, and shall meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, the same will I offer a holocaust to the Lord.…
Cross References
Genesis 28:20
And he made a vow, saying: If God shall be with me, and shall keep me in the way, by which I walk, and shall give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Numbers 21:2
But Israel binding himself by vow to the Lord, said: If thou wilt deliver thus people into my hand, I will utterly destroy their cities.

Judges 11:29
Therefore the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephte, and going round Galaad, and Manasses, and Maspha of Galaad, and passing over from thence to the children of Ammon,

Judges 11:31
Whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house, and shall meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, the same will I offer a holocaust to the Lord.

Judges 11:29
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