Judges 11:10
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New International Version (©2011)
The elders of Gilead replied, "The LORD is our witness; we will certainly do as you say."

New Living Translation (©2007)
"The LORD is our witness," the elders replied. "We promise to do whatever you say."

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD will be witness between us, if we do not do as you say.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The LORD is witness between us; surely we will do as you have said."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The LORD is our witness if we don't do as you say."

International Standard Version (©2012)
The elders of Gilead responded to Jephthah, "May the Lord serve as a witness that we're making this agreement between ourselves to do as we've said."

NET Bible (©2006)
The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The LORD will judge any grievance you have against us, if we do not do as you say."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Gilead's leaders said to Jephthah, "The LORD is a witness between us. We will certainly do what you say."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to your words.

American King James Version
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to your words.

American Standard Version
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They answered him: The Lord who heareth these things, he himself is mediator and witness that we will do as we have promised.

Darby Bible Translation
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The LORD will be witness between us; we will surely do as you say."

English Revised Version
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be a witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

World English Bible
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "Yahweh shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do."

Young's Literal Translation
And the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, 'Jehovah is hearkening between us -- if according to thy word we do not so.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

11:1-11 Men ought not to be blamed for their parentage, so long as they by their personal merits roll away any reproach. God had forgiven Israel, therefore Jephthah will forgive. He speaks not with confidence of his success, knowing how justly God might suffer the Ammonites to prevail for the further punishment of Israel. Nor does he speak with any confidence at all in himself. If he succeed, it is the Lord delivers them into his hand; he thereby reminds his countrymen to look up to God as the Giver of victory. The same question as here, in fact, is put to those who desire salvation by Christ. If he save you, will ye be willing that he shall rule you? On no other terms will he save you. If he make you happy, shall he make you holy? If he be your helper, shall he be your Head? Jephthah, to obtain a little worldly honour, was willing to expose his life: shall we be discouraged in our Christian warfare by the difficulties we may meet with, when Christ has promised a crown of life to him that overcometh?

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah,.... Assenting to his proposal, and not only giving their word for it, but their oath:

the Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words; that is, make him head over them; they appealed to the omniscient God, and called on him to be a witness of their agreement to it, and swore by him they would fulfil it; or if they did not, that the Lord would take vengeance on them for it, and punish the breach of this covenant and oath in some way or another; the Targum of Jonathan is,"the Word of the Lord be a witness between us, &c.''

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

10, 11. the elders of Israel said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us—Their offer being accompanied by the most solemn oath, Jephthah intimated his acceptance of the mission, and his willingness to accompany them. But to make "assurance doubly sure," he took care that the pledge given by the deputies in Tob should be ratified in a general assembly of the people at Mizpeh; and the language of the historian, "Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord," seems to imply that his inauguration with the character and extraordinary office of judge was solemnized by prayer for the divine blessing, or some religious ceremonial.

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Jephthah Delivers Israel
…9And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head? 10And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to your words. 11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. …

Genesis 31:50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me."
Judges 11:9 Jephthah answered, "Suppose you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me--will I really be your head?"
Jeremiah 29:23 For they have done outrageous things in Israel; they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and in my name they have uttered lies--which I did not authorize. I know it and am a witness to it," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
Micah 1:2 Hear, you peoples, all of you, listen, earth and all who live in it, that the Sovereign LORD may bear witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.